Heitech - Division of Heintzman contractor

Coal

MSHA contractor ID: TWN

Safety record

2
Fatalities: 18
Citations: 151,819
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.: 13.17
Fatalities / million hrs

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

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

Top causes

HOISTING 2 fatalities
HANDLING OF MATERIALS 16 non-fatal
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 8 non-fatal
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 4 non-fatal
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 3 non-fatal
STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT 2 non-fatal

Incident timeline

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3 (2f)

Mines worked

Recorded fatalities

2 recorded

August 28, 2000 KY · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss Fatality · HOISTING

Excel Mining LLC · Struck against a moving object

THE VICTIMS WERE ENROUTE 633' DOWN THE SLOPE TO BEGIN DRILLING TO INJECT POLYURETHANE INTO THE SLOPE ROOF WHEN THE RAIL MOUNTED HOIST OPERATED MANTRIP RAN AWAY RESULTING IN 2 FATALITIES

August 28, 2000 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler Fatality · HOISTING

Excel Mining LLC · Struck against a moving object

THE VICTIMS WERE ENROUTE 633' DOWN THE SLOPE TO BEGIN DRILLING TO INJECT POLYURETHANE INTO THE SLOPE ROOF WHEN THE RAIL MOUNTED HOIST OPERATED MANTRIP RANAWAY RESULTING IN 2 FATALITIES