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Bowen Max controller

MSHA controller ID: C08752

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Fatalities: 1
Total incidents: 33
Mines on record: 6
Years on record: 1983–1991

Top causes

POWERED HAULAGE 1 fatality · 4 non-fatal
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 12 non-fatal
HANDLING OF MATERIALS 11 non-fatal
MACHINERY 3 non-fatal
FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL 1 non-fatal
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 1 non-fatal

Incident timeline

1991

4 (1f)

1988

1987

1984

1983

Operators under this controller

Commanche Coal Inc 25
Iroquois Coal Corp 4
Bo Mac Ltd 3
Preservati Construction Company Inc 1

Mines on record

Valley Fill Surface WV
Greenbrier Strip WV
#1 Surface Mine WV
Munson Strip WV
Commanche Strip WV
Energy #17 WV

Fatalities under this controller

1 recorded

October 24, 1991 WV · Coal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE

Iroquois Coal Corp · Fall from machine

TRUCK DRIVER WAS DESCENDING A GRADE OF ABOUT 7% ON THE COAL HAULAGE ROAD WHEN THE DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF THE TRUCK AND PASSENGER JUMPED FROM THE OUT OF CONTROL TRUCK WHICH RESULTED IN A FATAL.