Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
At approximately 4:00am on the 27th of July 2012 a fatal incident occurred when the boom of the continuous miner struck the employee. The accident remains under investigation.
James O Bunn; Franklin D RobertsonController
MSHA Controller ID: C14544
- Fatalities
- 3
- Total incidents
- 843
- Mines on record
- 24
- Period
- —
Top causes
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK1 fatality · 266 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS1 fatality · 167 non-fatal
- MACHINERY1 fatality · 97 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON107 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)60 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE57 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2018
1
2014
16
2013
42
2012
32 (1f)
2011
56
2010
50
2009
55 (1f)
2008
66
2007
84
2006
91
2005
99 (1f)
2004
80
2003
63
2002
42
2001
41
2000
25
Operators under this controller
Mines on record
- Old Ed #21IL
- Creek Paum MineIL
- Red HawkIL
- BCR Mine #1IL
- Prairie EagleIL
- Prairie Eagle-UndergroundIL
- Royal Falcon MineIL
- Prairie Eagle South Underground MineIL
- Black HawkIL
- South Hollow Prep Plant and LoadoutWV
- Winifrede DockWV
- Docks Creek, LLCWV
- Mate Creek LoadoutWV
- Fork Creek Prep PlantWV
- NORTH EAGLE MINEWV
- Fork Creek No 1WV
- No 3WV
- Tiny Creek No 2 MineWV
- Coalburg Tunnel MineWV
- No. 4WV
- Fork Creek Mine No 3WV
- Mine 5WV
- Mine No 6WV
- Fork Creek No 10 MineWV
Fatalities under this controller
3 recordedStruck by falling object
A truck driver was delivering a load of lumber to the mine site. While the fork truck operator was unloading the truck, the truck driver walked around the other side of the truck when the fork truck operator accidentally pushed over a bundle of lumber, crushing the truck driver fatally.
Struck by falling object
Unintentional roof fall occured in the H6 entry causing fatal injuries.