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Jack L Simmons et al controller

MSHA controller ID: C07108

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Fatalities
2
Total incidents
211
Mines on record
5
Years on record
1984–1998
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
3
inspections on record
17
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
ⓘ This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 17 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

1998
10
1997
11 (1f)
1996
9
1995
20
1994
26
1993
11
1992
23
1991
33
1990
30
1989
20 (1f)
1988
6
1987
4
1985
2
1984
6

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

2 recorded
May 15, 1997 VA · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Solus Coal Inc · Struck by falling object

AT THE TIME WE WERE ON PILLAR RECOVERY. EMPLOYEE TOOK MINER UP INTO PLACE, STARTED LOADING COAL, MASSIVE FALL OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING, TRAPPING TWO EMPLOYEES UNDER FALL. HE WAS KILLED DUE TO THIS FALL.

May 9, 1989 VA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Covenant Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE VICTIM HAD STEPPED OUT ON THE SCREEN COVERING RAW COAL PIT AND FEEDER TO REMOVE A ROCK COAL STARTED FEEDING IN FROM THE MINE BELT THIS ALONG WITH THE COAL AROUND THE PIT THAT SLOUGHED IN C OVERED THE VICTIM COMPLETELY WITH COAL