Har-Mat Coal Company Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
MINER CABLE BLEW UP IN #5 ENTRY SMOKE CAME ACROSS SECTION AND THE TWO PINNER OPERTORS WERE TRAPPED IN SMOKE
No 3: 6 reportable incidents Coal
Jupiter Coal Company Inc
· Underground
Controlled by
Chris Cline
Bob White,
Boone County,
WV
·
Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4607147
MSHA record for No 3 (mine ID 4607147). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 6
- Years on record
- 1986–1988
- Latest incident
- Oct 1988
Ownership history
- Action Coal Company Inc 1986 to 1987
- Har-Mat Coal Company Inc 1987 to 1997
- Jupiter Coal Company Inc 1997 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
No 3 sits in Boone County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 10.1% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.Boone County, West Virginia · Population 21,312
10.1%
Mining share of county employment
$56,152
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
6 on file1988 · 2 incidents
Har-Mat Coal Company Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
MINER CABLE BLEW UP IN #5 ENTRY SMOKE CAME ACROSS SECTION AND THE TWO PINNER OPERATORS WERE TRAPPED IN SMOKE
1987 · 2 incidents
Action Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object
THE MINER OPERA7OR WAS LOADING IN THE #2 ENTRY OF THE S.E. MAINS WHEN THE CANOPY PIN WORKED LOOSE ON THE JOY 14-CM-9 ALLOWING THE CANOPY TO DROP DOWN ONTO THE OPERATOR.
May 26, 1987
WV · Coal
shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator
POWERED HAULAGE
Action Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object
EMPLOYEE HAS A 7RICK LEFT KNEE THAT BECOMES DISLOCATED WITHSUDDENT TWISTING MOTION THIS KNEE HAS HAD SURGERY TWICE PRIOR AT APPROX. 900 AM EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR DURING MINING OPER HE SITUATED TH9 CAR FOR A LODING BY CONT MINER AS HE CHANGED SEATS TO TRAVEL TO THE DUMP AREA THE KNEE BECAME DISLOCATED.
1986 · 2 incidents
Action Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
ATTEMPTING TO S7RAIGHTEN BENT LEG ON CONT. MINER CANOPY CHAIN BRING USED BROKE STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON LEFT HAND CHAIN WAS SECURED TO A SCOOP.
October 3, 1986
WV · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Action Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object
ROOF BOLTER OP 4ORKING W/ THE OTHER OP LITED 3"X8"X16' HEADER STRAP BOARD FOR FASTENING TO ROOF. THE BOARD WAS LIFTED TO A HEIGHT OF APPROX 5' WHEN IT SLIPPED FROM HIS H ANDS STRIKING HIM ON T OP OF THE RIGHT3FOOR-BEHIND THE PROTECTIVE TOE- IN THE INSTEP AREA.