THIS MAN WAS DRILLING A TAIL HOLE FOR TAILPIECE TO SET IN WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN BOLTS 6-BREAKS FOM FACE AREA BELT LINE ENTRY THE ROCK WAS 6" THICK 4' X 4' IN LENGTH-STRIKING HI M ACROSS LEFT FOOT.
No 3 Mine: 5 reportable incidents Coal
MSHA record for No 3 Mine (mine ID 4607892). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 5
- Years on record
- 1990–1991
- Latest incident
- Jan 1991
- Radec Inc 1990 to present
No 3 Mine sits in Mingo County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 15.0% 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
5 on file1991 · 1 incident
1990 · 4 incidents
THIS MAN WAS BOLTIN GIN FACE AREA BREAK BETWEEN ON. 2 AND 3 ENTRY WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK 6" THICK 2'X 2' LONG FELL BETWEEN BOLTS STRIKING HIM ONT EH BACK SCRATCHING HIM ON BACK.
THIS MAN WAS BOLTING TOP IN FALL AREA WHEN APIECE OF ROCK 2'X2' IN LENGTH FELL AT A GLANCING BLOW. SCRATCHING NOSE AND EYE. FINISHED SHIFT AND WORKED NEXT DAY.
THIS MAN WAS PULLING BOLTS ON PULLEY ON MAIN FAN HOUSE OUTSIDE ON SURFACE OF COAL MINES HE TURNED POWER OFF FROM FAN, GRABBED A HOLD OF PULLEY BEFORE THEY HAD TOPPED PULLY FINGER INTO PULLY MA SHING IT.
WAS DRILLING HOLE WITH PIN STEEL LAYED HAND ON TOTATION HEAD WHERE PIN STEEL INSERTS ROTATION ON & GLOVE WAS CAUGHT UNDER PIN STEEL TWISTING HAND. WILL BE OFF APPROX 2 WEEKS WHEN HE CALLED BAC K FOLLOWING DAY BECAUSE OF SWELLING TO RIGHT PALM & THUMB ARA.