WAS PULLING A 6X6 BEAM WITH END LOADER AND A 3 IN WATER LINE WAS COVERED WITH MUD AND BEAM CAUGHT ON WATER LINE SAID WATER LINE FLEW OUT AND CAUGHT THE INSIDE OF THE RIGHT KNEE
No 3: 12 reportable incidents Coal
MSHA record for No 3 (mine ID 4405585). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 12
- Years on record
- 1983–1984
- Latest incident
- Dec 1984
- Quality Fuels Limited 1981 to 1981
- Lone Mountain Coal Company Inc 1981 to 1982
- Ryder Energy Inc 1982 to 1985
- Emcoal Mining Inc 1983 to 1983
- First Coal Inc 1985 to 1986
- Barry & John Coal Company Inc 1986 to 1987
- Tos-Aoh Mining Inc 1987 to 1987
- Gamble Energy Inc 1987 to 1988
- Cavalier Mining Corp 1988 to present
No 3 sits in Lee County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 1.9% 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
12 on file1984 · 6 incidents
INJURED WAS RIDING OUT ON MANTRIP STIKING HIS HEAD ON A LOW CROSSBAR CANOPY AT LEFT APENING.
INJURED WAS MOVING A BATTERY CHARGER.
ROCK FALL IN 3 & 4 ENTRY FIRST CROSS CUT OUT BY FACE SECTION HAS BEEN TEMPORY ABONDED LOST WORKIED.
INJURED WAS RUNNING ROOF BOLTER WITH HAND RESTING ON HEAD. A PIECE OF SLATE FELL STRIKING MAN ON HAND BREAKING A BONE IN HAND..
ACCIDENT HAPPENED WHILE CARRYING TIMBERS. MAN FELL HURTING BACK.
1983 · 6 incidents
OPERATING END LOADER,TRAMMING DOWN HILL ENGINE QUIT EMPL DITCHED END LOADER TO STOP WAS THROWN AGAINST ...FRAME KNOCKING LEFT CHEEK.
MAN WAS OPERATING SCOOP OUTSIDE WHEN HIT HOLE IN BOTTOM JARRING SCOOP AND BRUISING BACK.
LIFTING BARRELL OF OIL.
HANDLING MINER CABLE-BENT OVER TO LIFT CABLE AND PLACED HAND ON TOP OF CM FOR SUPPORT.CM WAS IN MOTION AND TRAMMED OVER HUMP IN BOTTOM CAUSING BOOM TO TOUCH TOP AND MASH HAND.
INJURED WAS HELPING PUT STEWATUNE UNDER BELT AND STRAINED BACK. HE TO SEPT 9 BEFORE GOING TO HOSPTIAL.
GETTING READY TO HOOK UP MINER CABLE TO A 480 VOLT SWITCH BOX.EMPL HOLDING CABLE IN HANDS WHEN CABLE BECAME SHORT CIRCUITED,BURNING EMPL ARMS & HAND.