Mining Incidents

No 3 Mine: 2 reportable incidents 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
Ownership history
  1. Middle Creek Coal Corp 1981 to 1986
  2. Sher-Mel Coal Company Inc 1986 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

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