Mining Incidents

No 3 Mine Coal

R & N Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Shortridge Keaster
Grundy, Buchanan County, VA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4406475

MSHA record for No 3 Mine (mine ID 4406475). 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
1989–1991
Latest incident
Feb 1991
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

10 on file

1991 · 1 incident

February 7, 1991 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
R & N Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS WORKING ON PUMP WHEN HE HURT BACK.

1990 · 6 incidents

December 13, 1990 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
R & N Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

INJ WORKING AROUND HIGHLIFT WHEN OPER OF IT PICKED UP INJ IN BUCKET WITH COAL.

October 2, 1990 VA · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss ELECTRICAL
R & N Coal Company Inc · Contact with electrical current

INJURED WAS IN PROCESS OF STARTING BELT BACK AFTER IT QUIT. HE OPNED DOOR ON BELT BOX & RESTED HAND ON BOTTOM OF BOX & REACHED ACROSS TO TURN SWITCH ON. SWITCH GROUNDED OUT BLOWING ONE OF CONT ROL FUSES INJURING EMPL.

August 22, 1990 VA · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
R & N Coal Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

INJURED WAS WALKINGOUT OF MINE OFFICE & SLIPPED & FELL & HURT BACK.

July 16, 1990 VA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
R & N Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL OCCURED OVER THE WEEKEND ON #1 BELT FALL WAS 1 BREAK FROM SURVEY STATION #27 MOVED FALL AND BUILT CRIGER ON BOTH SIDE OF BELT.

May 5, 1990 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
R & N Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

PULLINGH MINER CABLE AND PC OF ROCK FELL ON MINER CABLE CUT FINGERS

1989 · 3 incidents

November 6, 1989 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
R & N Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS WORKING ON WIRE INSULATOR AND IT BURST AND CUT HAND.

February 27, 1989 VA · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss MACHINERY
R & N Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS IN THE PROCESS OF REMOVING A PIECE OF PREVIOUSLY HUNG DRILL STEEL WHEN HE APPARENTLY HIT THE WRONG CONTROL CAUSING THE ROOF DRILL HEAD TO RAISE INSTEQAD OF SPINNING.THEREFORE MASHI NG HIS LEFT HAND.

January 28, 1989 VA · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
R & N Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

INJURED WAS ATTEMPTING TO MOVE A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK WHEN ROCK BROKE OFF AND SLIPPED DOWN HILL AND FELL ON LEFT LEG OF INJURED.

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