Mining Incidents

No 3 Mine Coal

Sher-Mel Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Johnson Ersel
Big Rock, Buchanan County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4405727

MSHA record for No 3 Mine (mine ID 4405727). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1986
Latest incident
Nov 1986
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1986 · 2 incidents

November 22, 1986 VA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman ELECTRICAL
Sher-Mel Coal Company Inc · Flash burns (electric)

PUSHED START BU7TON ON LINE STARTER BOX FOR WATER P UMP BOX BLEW UP.

July 24, 1986 VA · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sher-Mel Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

THE EMPLOYEE (B9LT DRIVE) STATED THAT HE WAS PUTTING A SLIPPAGE ROLLER BACK IN PLACE ON BELT WHEN HE FELT MUSCLES PULL IN BACK

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The full compliance file on No 3 Mine

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.