Mining Incidents

Bassco Valley LLC controller

MSHA controller ID: C15487

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
48
Mines on record
3
Years on record
1996–1998

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Incident timeline

1998
19
1997
21 (1f)
1996
8

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

1 recorded
October 16, 1997 IN · Coal coal sampler Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Kindill Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

VITIM WAS EMPLOYED BY FOXFIRE ENVIRONMENTAL INC CONTRACTED BY KINDILL MINING TO PICK UP WATER SAMPLES AT REMOTE SAMPLING SITES. A 4-WHEELER ATV USED BY THE VICTIM OVERTURNED ALONG A REMOTE DRA INAGE DITCH AND LANDED ON TOP OF HIM. IT APPEARED THAT THE VICTIM ATTEMPTED TO STEER AROUND A BUSH AND OVERTURNED ON THE SIDE OF A DRAINAGE DITCH BERM. THE ATV LOOKED LIKE IT ROLLED ONCE AND