Mining Incidents

General Mine Contracting Inc contractor

Coal
MSHA contractor ID: BSI
Safety record
2
Fatalities
74
Citations
519,564
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.
1.92
Fatalities / million hrs
142.4 citations per million contractor employee-hours, 2000 to present.
Source: MSHA contractor employment/production and accident records, updated weekly.

Top causes

  • MACHINERY 1 fatality · 1 non-fatal
  • SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 1 fatality · 1 non-fatal
  • HANDLING OF MATERIALS 4 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2007
1
2006
1 (1f)
1991
4
1990
2 (1f)

Mines worked

Recorded fatalities

2 recorded
July 7, 2006 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech Fatality · MACHINERY
Hopkins County Coal LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Jaw area of head/neck was pinched between handrail of manlift and cable tray. Foot was still on deadman switch.

August 8, 1990 IN · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman Fatality · SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Peabody Coal Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE VICTIM WAS ROOFING A FLAT ROOF AND ACCORDING TO WITNESSES, THE VICTIM WAS STOOPED AT THE EDGE OF THE ROOF, GETTING READY TO CHALK A LINE WHEN HE FELL OFF OF THE ROOF. HE FELL 29 FEET.