Mining Incidents

Mine #3: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Three H Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Hale Columbus
Pennington Gap, Lee County, VA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4405930

MSHA record for Mine #3 (mine ID 4405930). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1984
Latest incident
Sep 1984
Ownership history
  1. Americoal Corp & Associates Of Va Ltd 1982 to 1982
  2. Three H Coal Company Inc 1982 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Mine #3 sits in Lee County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 1.9% 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.
Lee County, Virginia · Population 22,042
1.9%
Mining share of county employment
$42,269
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1984 · 2 incidents

September 25, 1984 VA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Three H Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

CARRYING WATER PUMP DOWN STEPS, SLIPPED AND FELL. PUMP FELL AND HIT RIGHT FOOT

September 7, 1984 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Three H Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

ROOF BOLTING LAST BOLT ROCK FELL BEHIND HIM & HIT HIM ACROSS SHOULDERS & BACK.