WHILE ROOF BOLTING A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM TOP, HITTING THE MAN LEFT ARM AND HAND. CATCHING HIS LEFT HAND AGAINST THE DRILL AND MASHED THE RING FINGER.
Mine No 3: 19 reportable incidents Coal
MSHA record for Mine No 3 (mine ID 4607751). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 19
- Years on record
- 1990–1998
- Latest incident
- Jun 1998
- Doss Fork Coal Company Inc 1989 to 1999
- Red Hawk Mining Inc 1999 to present
Mine No 3 sits in McDowell County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 13.0% 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.Reportable incidents
19 on file1998 · 2 incidents
PUTTING WHEEL UNIT BACK ON SHUTTLE CAR, THE ELECTRICIAN STRAINED HIS BACK.
1996 · 1 incident
DRIVING MANTRIP HIT ROCK CAUSING STEERING WHEEL TO SPIN AROUND HITTING SMALL FINGER ON LEFT HAND.
1993 · 1 incident
ROOF BOLT PERSON WAS BENDING A 8' RESIN BOLT WHEN HE PULLED A MUSCLE UNDER LEFT SHOULDER BLADE.,
1992 · 7 incidents
WAS ADJUSTING STRAP (METAL) AND CAUGHT LEFT INDEX FINGER IN BETWEEN STRAP AND ROOF, MASHING FINGER.
HAD ROCK FALL OUTBY SPAD #474 IN #4 ENTRY IN 30 FEET LONG 18' WIDE O'-7' THICK.
HAD ROCK FALL IN INTERSECITON AT SPAD #71 IN #4 ENTRY OF THE INTAKE 20 BY 40 IN LENGTH 0'-4' IN DEPTH (THICK).
HAD ROCK FALL OUTBY SPAD #242 2 BREAKS THE LENGTH OF FALL IS APPROX 24FT LONG 17 FT WIDE 0IN6FT THICK
ROOF FALL #1 ENTRY AT INTERSECTION SPAD #450. 60'LONG X 1-7'HIGH X 16-17'WIDE.
EE WAS SETTING TIMBERS FOR THE NEXT LIFT OF SCENSECOND MINING SMALL ROCK FELL BETWEEN BOLTS AND RIB HIM WAS PUT ON BACK BOARD BROUGHT OUTSIDE SENT TO BLASTIED REGION MEDICAL CENTER BRME WAS CH ECK BY DR AND X RAY WAS DONE THERE WAS NO BROKEN BONES OR ANY OTHER DAMAGE AND SENT HOME.
MOVING BELT LINE HURT BACK
1991 · 6 incidents
HELPING REPLACE TILT JACK ON ENDLOADER AND JACK SLIPPED AND CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN JACK AND FRAME.
A PINER OF LOONE ROOF MEASURING 39 1/2" L 23" IN 4' TO 6" THAT FELL BETWEEN PERMENT ROOF SUPPORT STRICKING THE MINER ON THE RIGHT LEG.
A PIECE OF LOOSE ROCK MESSING 39 1/2 L, 23 2, 14 TO THICK FELL OUT BETWEEN REIMENT ROOF SUPPORT STRIKING MINER ON THE LEFT SHOULDER.
HAD ROCK FALL AT SPAD #41 IN # 5 ENTRY OF THE RETRAINING RETERS.
WALKING TOWARD FACE GOT FEET CAUGHT IN CABLE SLIP OFF BALANCE HIT ELBOW ON MINER FLOOR
CLOSING MAN DOOR RT HAND INDEX FINGER GOT CAUGHT IN DOOR TORE SOME SURFACE SKIN
1990 · 2 incidents
INTERSECTION FELL AT SPAD #131 50'L 7' H 18 FT W IN #4 INTAKE HEADING OUTBY SECTION
ROOF FALL NO 4 ENTRY,160'INBY SPAD 131.160'LONG X 1-8'HIGH X 20'WIDE.