Mining Incidents

Usx CorpController

MSHA Controller ID: C01590
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
467
Mines on record
4
Period

Top causes

  • SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON1 fatality · 85 non-fatal
  • HANDLING OF MATERIALS117 non-fatal
  • DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)54 non-fatal
  • FALL OF ROOF OR BACK39 non-fatal
  • HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)29 non-fatal
  • MACHINERY26 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2003
67
2002
167
2001
110 (1f)
2000
123

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

1 recorded
Unclassified, insufficient data

IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE VICTIM WAS MISSING SHORTLY AFTER 10:00 PM. A SEARCH BEGAN WHICH CULMINATED IN THE VICTIM'S RETRIEVAL FROM THE ""A"" RAW COAL SILO AT APPROXIMATELY 7:55 PM ON MARCH 15, 2001. IT IS INCONCLUSIVE AS TO EXACTLY WHERE THE VICTIM ENTERED THE RAW COAL SYSTEM. CONSEQUENTLY AN EXACT CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT WAS NOT DETERMINED.