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Mine No 3: 15 reportable incidents Coal

C H & S Coal Company · Underground
Controlled by Sperow Joe
Clinchport, Scott County, VA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4401246

MSHA record for Mine No 3 (mine ID 4401246). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
15
Years on record
1986–1994
Latest incident
May 1994
Ownership history
  1. Rye Cove Coal Company 1950 to 1974
  2. Wynn Energy Partnership 1974 to 1975
  3. Scott Mining Company Inc 1975 to 1977
  4. J & M Coal Corp 1978 to 1981
  5. Flannagan Energy Ltd 1981 to 1981
  6. Ranger Mining Company Inc 1981 to 1984
  7. Trinity Coal Corp 1984 to 1987
  8. Trinity Coal Corp 1987 to 1989
  9. Grace Coal Corp 1989 to 1991
  10. C H & S Coal Company 1991 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Mine No 3 sits in Scott County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 0.9% 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.
Scott County, Virginia · Population 21,504
0.9%
Mining share of county employment
$45,136
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

15 on file

1994 · 1 incident

May 16, 1994 VA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
C H & S Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

PICKING ROCK-HERNIA FROM LIFTING

1993 · 2 incidents

June 21, 1993 VA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
C H & S Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS APPLYING ROOFING TAR TO DISCHARGE POWDER ROLLER & BECAME ENTANGLED IN BELT

April 28, 1993 VA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
C H & S Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

INJURED WAS SHOVELING THE BELT LINE ON HIS KNEESAND TWISTED HIS KNEE.

1991 · 1 incident

March 7, 1991 VA · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
C H & S Coal Company · Struck by falling object

HE HAD HAND ON CUTTER AND JACK FELL OFF AND HIT HIM ON THE RIGHT HAND.

1990 · 1 incident

April 2, 1990 VA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Grace Coal Corp · Struck against stationary object

INJURED WAS CARRYING 2 CINDERBLOCKS FROM ONE LINE BRATTICE TO ANOTHER BRATTICE VICTIM WAS WALKING BENT OVER AND HIT HIS HEAD ON HEADER BOARD THAT WAS BOLTED TO TOP AND HURT HIS NECK AND BETWEE N HIS SHOULDERS.

1989 · 1 incident

1988 · 6 incidents

October 3, 1988 VA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Trinity Coal Corp · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON SLICK BOTTOM HIT RIGHT SIDE OF FACE ON PILE OF ROCK NEXT TO TAILPIECE. BRUISED RIGHT SIDE OF FACE.

May 20, 1988 VA · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Trinity Coal Corp · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ROCK WHEN ROCK FELL BACK BETWEEN 2 BOLTS STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON UPPER PART OF LEFT LEG, BREAKING THE FEMUR BONE IN HIS LEFT LEG.

April 18, 1988 VA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Trinity Coal Corp · Accident type, without injuries

PROPER BEAM WAS NOT FORWARD BY ANCHOR BOLT. DUE TO SLIP PANES. FRAGILE TOP, AND COAL SEAM EXISTING ABOVE PAOIN OF ANCHORAGE. NO DAMAGE TO MINER.

February 27, 1988 VA · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Trinity Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN BATTERY POWERED PERSONNEL CARRIER AND RIB. BROKE EMPLOYEES RIGHT LEG.

1987 · 2 incidents

March 5, 1987 VA · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Trinity Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJURED WAS SHO5ELING TOP OF TAIL PIECE AND SHOVEL HIT BELT TAKING SHOVEL WAY BELT WAS TRAVELING AND PUSHING SHOVEL HANDLE INTO MINE TOP CATCHING HIS FINGER BETWEEN TOP AND SHOVEL HANDLE.

February 16, 1987 VA · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Trinity Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJURED WAS GET7ING A ROCK OFF OF SHUTTLE CAR THAT WAS DUMPING ON TAIL PIECE WHEN ROCK SLIPPED MASHING HIS FINGER ON TAILPIECE.

1986 · 1 incident

July 7, 1986 VA · Coal superintendent HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Trinity Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

MY HELPER AND I3WAS UNLOADING A PIECE OF METAL OFF OF TOP OF MESCHER TRACTOR AND MY HELPER LET HIS END GO BEFORE I WAS READY AND MASHED TOW FINGERS AGAINST TRACTOR