INJURED WAS WORKING ON PUMP WHEN HE HURT BACK.
No 3 Mine: 10 reportable incidents Coal
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
- R & N Coal Company Inc 1988 to present
No 3 Mine sits in Buchanan County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 11.2% 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 · 6 incidents
INJ WORKING AROUND HIGHLIFT WHEN OPER OF IT PICKED UP INJ IN BUCKET WITH COAL.
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.
MINOR ROCK FALL OCCURRED DURING NONOPERATING HOURSE ON BELTLINE.
INJURED WAS WALKINGOUT OF MINE OFFICE & SLIPPED & FELL & HURT BACK.
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.
PULLINGH MINER CABLE AND PC OF ROCK FELL ON MINER CABLE CUT FINGERS
1989 · 3 incidents
INJURED WAS WORKING ON WIRE INSULATOR AND IT BURST AND CUT HAND.
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.
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.