Mining Incidents

Rex FoughtController

MSHA Controller ID: C11343
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
238
Mines on record
12
Period

Top causes

  • ELECTRICAL1 fatality
  • FALL OF ROOF OR BACK116 non-fatal
  • HANDLING OF MATERIALS51 non-fatal
  • MACHINERY31 non-fatal
  • SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON13 non-fatal
  • HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)10 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2001
56
2000
182 (1f)

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

1 recorded
Contact with electrical current

A CERTIFIED ELECTRICIAN WAS GOING TO MAKE REPAIRS ON THE RIGHT SIDE POWER CENTER IN THE NO. 5 ENTRY, AND WAS FOUND LYING BESIDE THE POWER CENTERIT APPEARS HE RECEIVED A FATAL ELECTRICAL SHOCK.