Mining Incidents

Appalantic #3 Mine Coal

Hayhurst & Company · Underground
Controlled by Hayhurst James W Ii
Weston, Lewis County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4606357

MSHA record for Appalantic #3 Mine (mine ID 4606357). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1983
Latest incident
Oct 1983

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
October 20, 1983 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman Fatality · MACHINERY
Hayhurst & Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

BELT STAND WAS WELDED TO BEAM TO ACT AS GUIDE FOR WINCH LINE. COGER WAS STANDING ON TIGHT SIDE OF OPERATION. LEG ON BELT STAND BROKE, CABLE HIT COGER & PROPELLED HIM INTO BRICK WALL.

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