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
Lower Eagle #3 Mine: 1 recorded fatality Coal
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
- Liberty Bell Fuel Inc 1984 to present
Lower Eagle #3 Mine sits in Raleigh County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 4.0% of county employment.
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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.Fatalities at this mine
1 recordedReportable incidents
19 on file (excluding fatalities above)1985 · 13 incidents
HIT BY PIECE OF ROCK ON NECK
WALKING IN WET AREA OF MINE SLIPPED AND FELL WENT TO DR 9-23-85
STRAIN BACK WHILE MAKING BELT MOVE
HIT MINER BOOM WHILE SETTING TIMBERS
GOT DIRT IN LEFT EYE
BUMP HEAD AGAINST MINE TOP.
ROOF FALL 18\X40\X4\ AT STU SPUD#56.
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.
INJURED WORKER WAS WALKING TOWARD FACE AND FELL ON BROKEN GLASS.
ROCK FROM MINER BOOM HIT OPR WHILE LOADING.
IT WAS RAINING THE STEPS WERE WET VICTIM FELL DOWN STEPS TO MINE OFFICE.
HIT HEAD AGAINST CANOPY OF RAM CAR.
HURT BACK MOVING BATTERY CHARGER DID NOT REPORT ACCIDENT OT GO T O DOCTOR UNTIL 4-10-85.
1984 · 6 incidents
ROOF FALL IN INTERSECTION #4 INTRY BELT ENTRY.
ROOF FALL IN INTERSECTION #1 ENTRY #3 ENTRY
WALKED INTO STEEL STRAP HEADER AND CUT FOREHEAD.
FELL DOWN STEPS.
ROOF FALL #4 ENTRY SPAD #45. FALL WAS 41/2X18\X18\.
HIGH WALL SLID OUT OVER #2 PORTAL, BELT ENTRY.