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Central Cambria Drilling Co contractor

Coal
MSHA contractor ID: B59
Safety record
3
Fatalities
41
Citations
216,531
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.
13.85
Fatalities / million hrs
189.3 citations per million contractor employee-hours, 2000 to present.
Source: MSHA contractor employment/production and accident records, updated weekly.

Top causes

  • IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST 3 fatalities · 1 non-fatal
  • HANDLING OF MATERIALS 46 non-fatal
  • MACHINERY 28 non-fatal
  • SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 22 non-fatal
  • HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 10 non-fatal
  • POWERED HAULAGE 9 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2003
7 (3f)
2002
11
2001
3
2000
14
1999
4
1998
3
1997
3
1996
2
1995
3
1993
8
1992
12
1991
1
1990
8
1989
9
1988
9
1987
15
1986
5
1985
6
1984
7
1983
6

Mines worked

Recorded fatalities

3 recorded
January 22, 2003 WV · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss Fatality · IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
McElroy Coal Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

AN APPARENT METHANE EXPLOSION OCCURRED WHILE CONSTRUCTION WORK WAS BEING CONDUCTED ON THE SHAFT BOTTOM, RESULTING IN THREE FATALITIES. THREE OTHER WORKERS WERE INJURED. THE SHAFT WAS APPROXIMA TELY 950 FEET DEEP AND WAS WITHIN APPROXIMATELY 30 FEET OF INTERSECTING THE COAL SEAM.

January 22, 2003 WV · Coal driller operator Fatality · IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
McElroy Coal Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

AN APPARENT METHANE EXPLOSION OCCURRED WHILE CONSTRUCTION WORK WAS BEING CONDUCTED ON THE SHAFT BOTTOM, RESULTING IN THREE FATALITIES. THREE OTHER WORKERS WERE INJURED. THE SHAFT WAS APPROXIMA TELY 950 FEET DEEP AND WAS WITHIN APPROXIMATELY 30 FEET OF INTERSECTING THE COAL SEAM.

January 22, 2003 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech Fatality · IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
McElroy Coal Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

AN APPARENT METHANE EXPLOSION OCCURRED WHILE CONSTRUCTION WORK WAS BEING CONDUCTED ON THE SHAFT BOTTOM, RESULTING IN THREE FATALITIES. THREE OTHER WORKERS WERE INJURED. THE SHAFT WAS APPROXIMA TELY 950 FEET DEEP AND WAS WITHIN APPROXIMATELY 30 FEET OF INTERSECTING THE COAL SEAM.