Old Ben Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
WHILE SITTING ON RIB WAS RUN OVER BY SCOOP
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MSHA controller ID: C01532
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Top causes
- POWERED HAULAGE 2 fatalities · 65 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 1 fatality · 108 non-fatal
- ELECTRICAL 1 fatality · 4 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 212 non-fatal
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 205 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 124 non-fatal
Incident timeline
1986
38
1985
79 (1f)
1984
472 (2f)
1983
276 (1f)
Operators under this controller
- Old Ben Coal Company 580
- Kitt Energy Corp 285
Mines on record
- Leer South Mine WV
- Old Ed #21 IL
- Mine 26 IL
- Mine 24 IL
- Mine 25 IL
- Log Creek Loadout Facility IN
- Mine No 20 WV
- John Ross Preparation Plant IL
- Pike No. 2 Mine IN
- Central Shop IL
- Mine 27 IL
Fatalities under this controller
4 recorded
October 30, 1984
IN · Coal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
Fatality · MACHINERY
Old Ben Coal Company · Drowning
I.NAME WAS OPERATING A TTACTOR AND PUSHING MATERIAL INTO A LAKE DURING A RECLAMATION OPERATION MATERIAL NEAR THE LAKE COLLAPSED UNDER THE WEIGHT OF THE TRACTOR AND THE TRACTOR SLID INTO LAKE I N 12 TO 15FT OF WATER
April 25, 1984
WV · Coal
laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Old Ben Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
VICTIM WAS STANDING BESIDE THE PUMP MOTOR COMPARTMENT WHEN A MECHANIC STARTED THE CAR FROM OUTSIDE THE OPERATORS DECK. THE CAR BEGAN TO MOVE-WHEN THE VICTIM SCREAMED, THE MECHANIC JUMPED INTO THE OPERATORS DECK. IN A FRANTIC EFFORT TO STOP THE CAR, HE USED HIS HANDS AND FOOT TO HIT THE CONTROLS. WHEN THE CAR STOPPED, THE FRAME OF THE SHUTTLE CAR WAS COVERING THE VICTIMS BODY UP TO
July 28, 1983
IL · Coal
belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor
Fatality · ELECTRICAL
Old Ben Coal Company · Contact with electrical current
BRUCE LINDSAY WAS TROUBLE SHOOTING IN PANEL OF LONGWALL #1 STAGE LOADER WHEN HE CAME IN CONTACT WITH 990 VOLTS CAUSING DEATH. THIS WAS IN THE 40TH NORTH OFF OF 16TH EAST.