Mining Incidents

Massey Energy CompanyController

MSHA Controller ID: C02508
Fatalities
32
Total incidents
1,000
Mines on record
109
Period

Top causes

  • IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST29 fatalities · 3 non-fatal
  • POWERED HAULAGE3 fatalities · 57 non-fatal
  • FALL OF ROOF OR BACK295 non-fatal
  • HANDLING OF MATERIALS232 non-fatal
  • SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON133 non-fatal
  • HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)81 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2011
333
2010
667 (32f)

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

32 recorded
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Investigation is still going on at this time. Per preliminary report: Descending the coal haul road, victim began to lose brakes. He attempted to straddle an axle berm on his left. The truck ran up onto the berm for approximately 100' before it turned over. Victim was found partly out of the passenger side door beneath the right exaust stack. Unable to remove him until EMS arrived.

Struck by powered moving object

EE was walking from one crosscut outby the face in the #2 entry toward the face of the #2 entry when he was struck by the #1 shuttle car.

Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Was loading rock out of #7 face. The shuttle car was making the turn out of the entry. EE was caught between the shuttle car and the rib.

Struck by concussion

During a mine explosion EE was fatally injured.

Struck by concussion

During a mine explosion EE was fatally injured.

Struck by concussion

During a mine explosion EE was fatally injured.

Struck by concussion

During a mine explosion EE was fatality injured.

Struck by concussion

During a mine explosion EE was fatally injured.

Struck by concussion

During a mine explosion EE was fatality injured.

Struck by concussion

During a mine explosion EE was fatally injured.

Struck by concussion

During a mine explosion EE was fatally injured.

Struck by concussion

During a mine explosion EE was fatally injured.

Struck by concussion

During a mine explosion EE was fatally injured.

Struck by concussion

During a mine explosion EE was fatally injured.

Struck by concussion

During a mine explosion EE was fatality injured.

Struck by concussion

During a mine explosion EE was fatally injured.

Struck by concussion

During a mine explosion EE was fatality injured.

Struck by concussion

During a mine explosion EE was fatally injured.

Struck by concussion

During a mine explosion EE was fatally injured.

Struck by concussion

During a mine explosion EE was fatality injured.

Struck by concussion

During a mine explosion EE was fatally injured.

Struck by concussion

During a mine explosion EE was fatally injured.

Struck by concussion

During a mine explosion EE was fatally injured.

Struck by concussion

During a mine explosion EE was fatally injured.

Struck by concussion

During a mine explosion EE was fatality injured.

Struck by concussion

During a mine explosion EE was fatally injured.

Struck by concussion

Victim died as a result of an explosion, cause unkown at this time. Received notification on 4/5/2010 that our employee was missing. Received notification late 4/6/2010 that employee was deceased.

Struck by concussion

During a mine explosion EE was fatality injured.

Struck by concussion

During a mine explosion EE was fatally injured.

Struck by concussion

During a mine explosion EE was fatality injured.

Struck by concussion

During a mine explosion EE was fatality injured.

Struck by concussion

During a mine explosion EE was fatally injured.