Mining Incidents

No 3 Mine: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Addair Wayne & Darrell
Steeles, Wyoming County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4602519

MSHA record for No 3 Mine (mine ID 4602519). 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
1987–1989
Latest incident
Apr 1989
Ownership history
  1. Robinson-Phillips Coal Company Inc 1950 to 1979
  2. Little Darrell Coal Company 1979 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 3 Mine sits in Wyoming County, West 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.
Wyoming County, West Virginia · Population 20,948
11.2%
Mining share of county employment
$48,038
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

1989 · 1 incident

April 13, 1989 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Little Darrell Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

SCOOP BACKED UP STRIKING THE INJURED PERSON.

1987 · 1 incident

September 8, 1987 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Little Darrell Coal Company · Struck by falling object

THE WILCOX MINE9 BECAME TEMPORARILY IDLED AND THE INJURED REACHED OVER THE MINER TO REACH A WATER SPRAY WHICH WAS LEAKING. A PIECE OF ROCK APPROX. 6X7X6 FELL STRIKING THE INJURED ABOUT THE HEA D AREA. 3