Mining Incidents

No 3 Mine: 7 reportable incidents Coal

C & S Coal Company · Underground
Controlled by Mullins Carl & Sylvia
Hurley, Buchanan County, VA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4403465

MSHA record for No 3 Mine (mine ID 4403465). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
1990–1994
Latest incident
Jun 1994
Ownership history
  1. Mullins Coal Company 1950 to 1990
  2. C & S Coal Company 1990 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 3 Mine sits in Buchanan County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 11.2% of county employment.

Local economic context
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.
Buchanan County, Virginia · Population 19,857
11.2%
Mining share of county employment
$42,216
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

1994 · 1 incident

June 7, 1994 VA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
C & S Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE SAID HE WAS BEATING ON A PIECE OF ROCK WITH A HAMMER WHILE HIS LEFT HAND WAS LAYING ON MACHINE DN THE ROCK SLID ONTO HIS HAND CAUSING NJUR. NO WITNESS.

1992 · 1 incident

July 14, 1992 VA · Coal roof bolter helper, rock bolter helper, pinner helper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
C & S Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS HANGING CURTAIN AND HAND SLIPPED AND CUT FINGER ON PIECE OF ROCK.

1991 · 4 incidents

October 22, 1991 VA · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
C & S Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE CAME OUT OF MINES ON 10-22-91 AT APPROX12:30PM HE TOLD THE OUTSIDE MAN THAT HE HIT A BUMP & HIS HEAD HIT THE TOP OUTSIDE MAN MENTIONED THIS TO ME THAT EVENING EMPLOYEE NEVER TOLD ME O F THIS INCIDENT EMPLOYEE LEFT MINE AFTER HE TOLDOUTSIDE MAN EMPLOYEE TOLD OUTSIDE MAN THAT HE DIDNT THINK THATS WHAT CAUSED CRICK IN NECK

June 21, 1991 VA · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator MACHINERY
C & S Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING PLACES WITH MINER. HE WAS MOVING CABLE & CABLE CAUGHT EMPLOYEE'S LEG AND TWISTED HIS KNEE. (CABLE WAS CAUGHT UNDER MINER).

April 30, 1991 VA · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss MACHINERY
C & S Coal Company · Struck by falling object

EE WAS PINNING TOP AND A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL.

February 12, 1991 VA · Coal scoop car operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
C & S Coal Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE SAID HE TWISTED HIS KNEE WHEN HE WENT TO GET OFF THE SCOOP HE DID NOT REPORT THIS TO FOREMAN OR TO ME UNTIL FEB 13 1991 AT 4:OOPM NO WITNESS TO ACCIDENT

1990 · 1 incident