Har-Lee Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries
AN UNSTABLE AREA ADJOINING A PREVIOUS FALL COLLAPSED & FELL FOR APPROX 602X20FTWX10FTHIGH NO EQUIPMENT OR PERSONELL WERE INJURED
No 3 Mine: 11 reportable incidents Coal
Har-Lee Coal Company Inc
· Underground
Controlled by
Theodore Yates
Pound,
Wise County,
VA
·
Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4406585
MSHA record for No 3 Mine (mine ID 4406585). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 11
- Years on record
- 1990–1993
- Latest incident
- Jan 1993
Ownership history
- Har-Lee Coal Company Inc 1990 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
No 3 Mine sits in Wise County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 5.9% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.Wise County, Virginia · Population 35,727
5.9%
Mining share of county employment
$50,740
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
11 on file1993 · 2 incidents
Har-Lee Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries
THE FALL WAS FOUND AT APPROX 6:30 AM BY THE PRE-SHIFT MINE EXAMINER. THIS AREA HAD BEEN DETERMINED TO BE UNSTABLE ON 1-4-93. THE AREA HA DBEEN DANGERED OFF SINCE THAT TIME. THERE WAS NO PHYS ICAL INJURY LOSS OF EQUIPMENT OR DISRUPTION OF VENTILATION. DESIGNATED ESCAPEWAYS WERE NOT AFFECTED.
1992 · 2 incidents
September 24, 1992
VA · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
MACHINERY
Har-Lee Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLLYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO RAISE MINER OFF THE BOTTOM TO WORK ON THE PAD BY PLACING A CRIB BLOCK UNDER THE CUTTER HEAD & LOWERING THE HEAD THE CUTTER HEAD THEN CREPPED OFF THE BLOCK STRIKING T HE EMPLOYEE IN THE LEFT SHOULDER
April 21, 1992
VA · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Har-Lee Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING ROOF DRILL, NOT PAYING ATTENTION, AND LOWERED DRILL HOOD ONTO HIS FOOT.
1991 · 6 incidents
September 3, 1991
VA · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Har-Lee Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EMPL OPERATING ROOF BOLTER.WHILE LOWERING DRILL HEAD TO DRILL NEXT HOLE,PLACED FOOT IN POSITION AND CAUGHT IT MASHING IT.
June 26, 1991
VA · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Har-Lee Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS LOWERING DRILLHEAD ON ROOF BOLTER WHEN A PIECE OF STEEL DRILL STEEL CAUGHT IN THE DRILL BOOM THE OPPOSITE END OF THE DRILL STEEL STRUCK HIM IN THE THIGH CAUSING A BRUISE
Har-Lee Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries
UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN LAST OPEN CROSSCUT FROM #1 TO #3 ENTRY COVERING UP IN THE CONTINUUS MINER.
Har-Lee Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING ON MINER SITTING AGAINST COAL RIB WHEN A SMALL PIECE OF RIB WITH ROCK IN IT FELL OFF STRIKING HIM IN THE LEFT SHOULDER AREA
February 14, 1991
VA · Coal
continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Har-Lee Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING MINER CABLE WHENHE STRAINED HIS BACK MUSCLES.
January 10, 1991
VA · Coal
shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator
POWERED HAULAGE
Har-Lee Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object
RAN OVER OBJECT
1990 · 1 incident
Har-Lee Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries
TO BAD DUE TO FRACT ACROSS BREAK 150'L 18 W 4-10' THICK