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John C Geupel controller

MSHA controller ID: C01267

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Fatalities: 2
Total incidents: 49
Mines on record: 5
Years on record: 1983–1991

Top causes

MACHINERY 2 fatalities · 6 non-fatal
POWERED HAULAGE 18 non-fatal
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 10 non-fatal
HANDLING OF MATERIALS 9 non-fatal
EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE 1 non-fatal
EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS 1 non-fatal

Incident timeline

1991

2 (1f)

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1983

8 (1f)

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

2 recorded

April 23, 1991 WV · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger Fatality · MACHINERY

Steele Branch Mining · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

FROM INITIAL INFORMATION EE JUMPED FROM GRADER AND WAS RUN OVER BY FRONT WHEEL RESULTING IN FATAL INJURY.

October 19, 1983 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer Fatality · MACHINERY

Freeman Branch Mining · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

VICTIM WAS OPERATING D8K BULLDOZER WHILE DOING SLOPE & BENCH WORK IN A VALLEY FILL AREA, THE AREA WAS APPAROXIMATELY A 2:1 RATIO. BEGINNINGT ON EITHER THE FACE OF THE SLOPE OR THE BENCH AR EA ITSELF, THE DOZER BEGAN TO TRAVEL IN A REVERSE MOTION CONTINUING OVER THE EDGE OF THE BENCH AND DOWN THE SLOPE FOR A DISTANCE OF APPROXIMATELY 400 FT. TO THE VALLEY FLOOR. AS THE DOZER WE