Mining Incidents

Mine No 3 Coal

Lick Branch Mining Corp · Underground
Controlled by Justus Donald
Whitewood, Buchanan County, VA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4406607

MSHA record for Mine No 3 (mine ID 4406607). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1991
Latest incident
Nov 1991
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1991 · 3 incidents

November 15, 1991 VA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Lick Branch Mining Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE GOT OFF SHUTTLE CAR TO RELIEVE HIMSELF, HE LEFT SHUTTLE CAR RUNNING AND DID NOT ACTIVATE PARKING BRAKE. SHUTTLE CAR CREEPED INTO HIM WHILE HIS BACK WAS TURNED PINNING HIM AGAINST RIB . NO BONES WERE BROKE WAS BRUISED ABOUT HIPS, LOWER BACK AND SHOULDERS.

January 16, 1991 VA · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner MACHINERY
Lick Branch Mining Corp · Struck by falling object

VICTIM WALKING BESIDE ROOF BOLTER, PIECE OF ROCK APPROXIMATLY 3 1/2' LONG, 15" WIDE, 2" TO 0" THICK FELL BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS STRIKING VICTIM IN LOWER LEFT PORTION OF BACK CAUSING DISC TO COME O UT.

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The full compliance file on Mine No 3

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.