COAL ROLLED OFF OF RIB ON HIM.
Mine No 3: 23 reportable incidents Coal
MSHA record for Mine No 3 (mine ID 4405587). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 23
- Years on record
- 1983–1984
- Latest incident
- Sep 1984
- Big Ten Coal Corp 1981 to present
Mine No 3 sits in Dickenson County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 9.8% 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.Reportable incidents
23 on file1984 · 8 incidents
WAS INSTALLING A ROOF BOLT PIECE OF METEAL OR STONE FLEW IN EYE
COAL ROLLED OFF OF RIB STRIKING HIM ON THE BACK
WAS LOADING TIMBERS IN SCOOP TO BE SET U/G BENT '*@'*@%*@*@ BARK CAME OFF ONE CAUSING HIM TO DROP IT & IT BOUNCED UP STRIKING HIM IN RIGHT CHEST.
CANOPY FELL DOWN STRIKING VICTIM.
HANDLING TIMBERS CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN TWO
STEM OF VALVE BLOCK FOR CANOPY BROKE LETTING CANOPY COME COWN STRIKING SHOULDER AND BACK
AT 4 00 PM ON 2 2484 LEWIS HILL SECT FOREMAN TOLD ME THAT EDGAR COCRAN SAID HE HAD HURT HIS BAKCK LIFTING A BAG OF ROCK DUST AND THERE WAS NO WITNESSES
1983 · 15 incidents
WAS RE-BUILDING BACK BOARD WHERE FEEDER DUMPS ON BELT CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN HAMMER HANDLE AND PRART OF FEEDER.
LOADING TIMBERS.
LOADING BELT STRUCTURE IN CAR TO UNDERGROUND STRAINED LOWER BACK.
STRAINED BACK LIFTING ROCK DUST
SHUTTLE CAR CABLE BLEW UP BURNED FINGERS AND THUMB ON LEFT HAND
EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS ASSUALTED BY ANOTHER EMPLOYEE BY THE NAME OF RONNIE SHUFT. RONNIE SEUFT DENIES THESE CARGES AND STATES THAT ELLIS EDWARDS IS NOT TELLING THE TRUTH AND THAT NOTHING HAP PENED, THAT HE WAS NOT HURT AT ALL.
WAS CLEANING CONVEYOR BELT RAISED UP WITH SHOVEL FULL OF COAL HIS HEAD HIT ROOF UNBALANCING HIM CAUSING HIM TO STAGGER INTO THE BELT KNOCKING HIM DOWN
WAS SETTING EATING LUNCH COAL ROLLED OFF OF RIB AND FELL ON LEFT LEG ABOVE KNEE
WAS WORKING ON A WING OF PILLOW SECTION ROOF CAVED IN AND CAUGHT RIPPER HEAD OF CONTINUOUS MINER. TOOK APPROX. FIVE HOURS WORK TIME TO FREE IT.
HURT OR STRAINED BACK LIFTING TIMBERS
HURT BACK PULLING MINER CABLE
ROLL BELT FELL OFF FRONT END LOADER ON VICTIM\S LEGS.
LIFTING BARREL OF OIL HAD PAIN IN BACK
MANTRIP BOUNCED ON UNEVEN FLOOR OF MINE AND THREW VICTIM AGAINST THE TOP INJURING HIS NECK
MINERS CHAIN THREW LUMP OF COAL STRIKING VICTIM ON LEFT FOOT.