The New Classic Co., Inc. contractor

Coal

MSHA contractor ID: 6BH

Safety record

1
Fatalities: 17
Citations: 119,785
Employee-hours (2000+) ⓘ Rates use contractor-reported employee-hours as the denominator. About 2% of reported hours are dropped as duplicate filings, so the hours total runs slightly low and any per-hour rate reads slightly high. Quarters filed with zero hours are excluded, and hours are reported only from 2000 on.: 8.35
Fatalities / million hrs

141.9 citations per million contractor employee-hours, 2000 to present.

Source: MSHA contractor employment/production and accident records, updated weekly.

Top causes

ELECTRICAL 1 fatality

Incident timeline

2003

1 (1f)

Mines worked

D-10 Dorchester VA

Recorded fatalities

1 recorded

January 21, 2003 VA · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler Fatality · ELECTRICAL

Dorchester Enterprises, Inc. · Contact with electrical current

THE VICTIM WAS ELECTROCUTED NEAR THE FACE OF NO.8 ENTRY OF THE 001-0 MMU WHILE INSTALLING SUPPLEMENTAL ROOF SUPPORTS. WHEN ANOTHER WORKER FINISHED CUTTING A STEEL BEAM WITH A TORCH, AN ENERGIZ ED TRAILING CABLE WAS DAMAGED CAUSING THE BEAM & TRAILER ON WHICH IT RESTED TO BECOME ENERGIZED. THE VICTIM THEN CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE TRAILER, RESULTING IN ELECTROCUTION.