Mining Incidents

Lower Eagle #3 Mine: 1 recorded fatality Coal

Liberty Bell Fuel Inc · Underground
Controlled by William Calloway
Bolt, Raleigh County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4606787

MSHA record for Lower Eagle #3 Mine (mine ID 4606787). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
20
Years on record
1984–1985
Latest incident
Sep 1985
Ownership history
  1. Liberty Bell Fuel Inc 1984 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Lower Eagle #3 Mine sits in Raleigh County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 4.0% 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.
Raleigh County, West Virginia · Population 73,666
4.0%
Mining share of county employment
$52,055
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
June 25, 1984 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Liberty Bell Fuel Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS TRAVELING ALONG A HAULAGE ROAD THAT WAS UNDER CONSTRUCTION WHEN THE OUTER EDGE WAUYXX GAVE WAY CAUSING EMPLOYEES TRUCK TO SLIP OVER EMBANKMENT. EMPLOYEE WAS THROWN FROM AND CAUGHT UNDER THE TRUCK

Reportable incidents

19 on file (excluding fatalities above)

1985 · 13 incidents

September 27, 1985 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator MACHINERY
Liberty Bell Fuel Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HIT BY PIECE OF ROCK ON NECK

July 27, 1985 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Liberty Bell Fuel Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

STRAIN BACK WHILE MAKING BELT MOVE

June 11, 1985 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Liberty Bell Fuel Inc · Struck by flying object

GOT DIRT IN LEFT EYE

June 5, 1985 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech STRIKING OR BUMPING
Liberty Bell Fuel Inc · Struck against stationary object

BUMP HEAD AGAINST MINE TOP.

April 18, 1985 WV · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner MACHINERY
Liberty Bell Fuel Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A CUTTING TORCH ON A CONTINUOUS MINER TAIL ROLLER. THE TORCXH IGNITED THE GREASE AND IT SPLATTERED AND BURNED HIS LEFT EYE AND FACE.

April 9, 1985 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Liberty Bell Fuel Inc · Fall onto or against objects

INJURED WORKER WAS WALKING TOWARD FACE AND FELL ON BROKEN GLASS.

March 11, 1985 WV · Coal electrician, lineman MACHINERY
Liberty Bell Fuel Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ROCK FROM MINER BOOM HIT OPR WHILE LOADING.

March 5, 1985 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Liberty Bell Fuel Inc · Fall down stairs

IT WAS RAINING THE STEPS WERE WET VICTIM FELL DOWN STEPS TO MINE OFFICE.

March 4, 1985 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Liberty Bell Fuel Inc · Struck against a moving object

HIT HEAD AGAINST CANOPY OF RAM CAR.

February 9, 1985 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Liberty Bell Fuel Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HURT BACK MOVING BATTERY CHARGER DID NOT REPORT ACCIDENT OT GO T O DOCTOR UNTIL 4-10-85.

1984 · 6 incidents

October 18, 1984 WV · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss STRIKING OR BUMPING
Liberty Bell Fuel Inc · Struck against stationary object

WALKED INTO STEEL STRAP HEADER AND CUT FOREHEAD.