Mining Incidents

No 3 Mine: 1 reportable incident Coal

Lorado, Logan County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4606821

MSHA record for No 3 Mine (mine ID 4606821). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1985
Latest incident
Jan 1985
Ownership history
  1. Blue Bird Coal Company Inc 1984 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 3 Mine sits in Logan County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 6.6% 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.
Logan County, West Virginia · Population 31,826
6.6%
Mining share of county employment
$47,237
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1985 · 1 incident

January 17, 1985 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Blue Bird Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

I.NAME INSTALLING 5 X 7 HEADERS WHEN SLAB OF ROCK FELL AND GLANCED ACROSS HEAD AND DOWN RIGHT LEG.BROKE RIGHT LEG AND PUT CUT IN HEAD 9 STITCHES.