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Cherry Knoll No 3: 7 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Joseph C Turley III
Rupert, Greenbrier County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4607730

Cherry Knoll No 3 has had no fatalities among 7 reportable incidents since 1990.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
1990–1991
Latest incident
Dec 1991
Ownership history
  1. Leckie Smokeless Coal Company 1989 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘ Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year Employees Coal produced (tons)
1991 20 133,797
1990 21 104,021
1989 8 2,057
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Cherry Knoll No 3 sits in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 1.7% of county employment.

Local economic context
ⓘ County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Greenbrier County, West Virginia · Population 32,688
1.7%
Mining share of county employment
$48,662
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

1991 · 2 incidents

December 6, 1991 WV · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator POWERED HAULAGE
Leckie Smokeless Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CRAWL OVER A TRAILING CABLE TO A 21 SC NEAR A ANCHORED POINT AREA. SHUTTLE CAR RECOILED CABLE STRIKING EMPLOYEE IN THE MOUTH AND NOSE AREA. LACERATION TO NOSE AREA A ND DISLODGING TEETH.

February 28, 1991 WV · Coal electrician, lineman MACHINERY
Leckie Smokeless Coal Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

WHILE USING A WELDING SHIELD AN EMPLOYEE GOT METAL IN HIS EYE DURING WELDING.

1990 · 5 incidents

September 18, 1990 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Leckie Smokeless Coal Company · Struck by rolling or sliding object

A ROLL OF BELT WAS CHAINED TO THE 930 LOADER BUCKET. THE CHAIN CAME UNHOOKED AND THE BELT FELL FROM THE LOADER PUSHING INJURED MAN BACK.

September 14, 1990 WV · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss STRIKING OR BUMPING
Leckie Smokeless Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE BUMPED MOUTH ON SIDE OF SCOOP AND KNOCKED BRIDGE WITH 3 TEETH OUT.

June 8, 1990 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Leckie Smokeless Coal Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO MOVE VENTILATION CURTAIN WITH COAL PILED ON IT.HE WAS NOT AWARE HE HAD HURT HIMSELF AND THOUGHT HE WAS HAVING A HEART ATTACK DUE TO CHEST PAIN.

January 24, 1990 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Leckie Smokeless Coal Company · Struck by falling object

WHILE OPERATING ROOFBOLTER,ROCK FELL FROM ROOF CATCHING EMPL HAND BETWEEN ROCK AND MACHINE.E