EE WAS CHANGING BITS OR CONT MINER AND THE BIT HOLDING SNAP RING BROKE STRIKING HIS RT EYE.
No 3 Mine: 10 reportable incidents Coal
MSHA record for No 3 Mine (mine ID 4406465). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 10
- Years on record
- 1988–1991
- Latest incident
- Apr 1991
- Bristol Coal Corp 1988 to present
No 3 Mine sits in Tazewell County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 3.1% 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
10 on file1991 · 1 incident
1990 · 4 incidents
EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING A HEAVY PIECE OF MATERIAL WHEN HE CAUGTHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN IT & A PIECE OF WOOD
WAS OPERATING CONTINUOUS MINER WITH FEET HANGING OUTSIDE OF DECK. CONTINUOUS MINER WITH FEET HANGING OUTSIDE OF DECK. CONTINUOUS MINER CAUGHT HIS FOOT BETWEEN THE MINER FRAME AND A ROCK, CAU SING A BRUISED FOOT.
MINER OPERATOR REACHED TO MOVE CABLE AWAY FROM CONTINOUS MINER AND THE CABLE CAUGHT ON SHUTTLE CAR AS THE CAR WAS BACKING AWAY. THE CABLE CAUGHT THE MINER OPERATORS RIGHT HAND AGAINST THE FRAM E OF THE CONTINOUS MINER, BRUISNG THE OPERTORS HAND.
CONTINUOUS MINER CUT INTO OLD WORKS THAT WASN'T PROJECTED ON MINE MAP, NO DAMAGE OCCURRED TO MEN OR EQUIPMENT. SECTION WAS MOVED TO NEW LOCATION.
1989 · 2 incidents
A MUD SEAM APPROXIMATELY 7-FOOT ABOVE TH COAL SEAM CONTRIBUTED TO THE ACCIDENT. THE FALL WAS APPROXIMATELY 17 FEET WIDE AND 20 FEET IN LENGTH. NO PERSONNEL OR EQUIPMENT INVOLVED.
CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR WAS COMPLETING A CUT WHEN DRAW ROCK FELL DIAOGDALY FROM LEFT TO RIGHT ACROSS THE FACE RIDING ALONG THE RIB & BOLTS OUTBY THE ROCK FELL BETWEEN THE BOLTS & STRIKING TH 4E MINER OPERATOR ON THE NECK & BACK
1988 · 3 incidents
A WRENCH USED FOR TIGHTENING BOLTS SLIPPED FRO THE BOLT HEAD AND STRUCK THE OPERATOR ON THE FOREARM. THE IMPACT BROKE A BONE IN THE FOREARM.
WHILE TURNING A RT BREAK IN THE #3 BELT ENTRY THE CONVEYOR CHAIN ON THE 14-1 JOY MINER SLIPPED OUT OF THE BOOM STRIKING THE OPERATOR ON THE LEFT SHOULDER THE INJURED MAN WAS T AKEN TO A LOCAL CLINIC X-RAYS WERE TAKEN DIAGNOSIS BRUISED SHOULDER
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING CLOSE TO HIGHWALL ATTEMPTING TO MOVE BEAM AND THE GROUND GAVE WAY UNDER HIM. HE THEN CAUGHT HIMSELF WITH HIS LEFT HAND. HE WAS SUPPORTING HIS BODY IWTH HIS LEFT HAND THER EFORE PULLING CARTILAGE ON LEFT SIDE.