Struck by falling object
The Continuous Miner had started into a left hand turn on the second lift off the pillar. A roof fall approx. 22'x25' ranging in thickness from 12"" to 22"" occurred, striking the employee, causing fatal crushing injuries.
Rhino Resource Partners LPController
MSHA Controller ID: 0098293
- Fatalities
- 2
- Total incidents
- 464
- Mines on record
- 34
- Period
- —
Top causes
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK1 fatality · 91 non-fatal
- FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL1 fatality · 8 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS127 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON65 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)53 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE39 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2020
22
2019
37
2018
53
2017
45
2016
36
2015
57
2014
43
2013
39 (1f)
2012
34
2011
73 (1f)
2010
25
Operators under this controller
Mines on record
- Mc Clane Canyon MineCO
- Jamboree LoadoutKY
- Rob Fork ProcessingKY
- Mill Creek Prep PlantKY
- Three Mile Mine #1KY
- Marion BranchKY
- Deane #1KY
- S-20 Bevins BranchKY
- MINE #28KY
- Mine #30KY
- Rob Fork ContourKY
- Love BranchKY
- S-4 Calloway NorthKY
- Riveredge MineKY
- Access EnergyKY
- Riveredge Surface OperationKY
- HOPEDALE MINEOH
- Sands Hill StripOH
- Kanauga DockOH
- Sands Hill Strip #2OH
- Sands HillOH
- Nelms PlantOH
- GENTRY MINE #3UT
- Gentry Mountain #4UT
- Gentry Mountain Mine SurfaceUT
- JV 16 MineVA
- JV 17 MineVA
- Sewell Mine No. 1WV
- TUG FORK PREPARATION PLANTWV
- Eagle #1WV
- GRAPEVINE SOUTH SURFACE MINEWV
- Eagle #2 MineWV
- Remining #3WV
- CAM HIGHWALL MINERWV
Fatalities under this controller
2 recordedStruck by falling object
Victim was cleaning rocks and coal to set timbers along a rib line. The rib and brow fell crushing the miner. The brow measured approximately 100"" long by 32"" thick, by 37"" tall.