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Gulf + Western Industries Inc controller

MSHA controller ID: M00120

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Fatalities: 2
Total incidents: 363
Mines on record: 14
Years on record: 1983–1999

Top causes

POWERED HAULAGE 1 fatality · 25 non-fatal
FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL 1 fatality
HANDLING OF MATERIALS 125 non-fatal
MACHINERY 61 non-fatal
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 58 non-fatal
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 48 non-fatal

Incident timeline

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Operators under this controller

Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

2 recorded

February 15, 1997 MO · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler Fatality · FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL

Lone Star Industries Inc · Struck by falling object

EE WAS OPERATING A JOHN DEERE HYDRAULIC BACKHOE (792 MOVING LOOSE UNCONSOLIDATED MAATERIAL BACK FROM NEAR THE FOOT OF A HIGHWALL FACE. THIS MATERIAL WAS BEING REMOVED TO PROVIDE ACCESS FOR A SAFETY EXAMINATION OF AN EXPOSED PORTION O AN UNDERGROUND MINE. APPARENTLY, MATERIAL FROM THE HIGHWALL FACE BROKE AWAY ANDMOVED OUT FROM THE FACE STRIKING THE CAB OF THE BACKHOE. IT IS ESTIM

October 27, 1994 MO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE

Lone Star Industries Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE CRUSHER HELPER WAS CHECKING EMERGENCY STOP CORDS ALONG A CONVEYOR HE WAS RESETTING TRIP SWITCHES THE CRUSHER OPERATOR WAS IN THE CONTROL ROOM OPERATING START-UP & WAS COMMUNICATING WITH EE BY TWO-WAY RADIO SHORTLY AFTER RESTARTING THE CONVEYOR IT SUDDENLY SHUT DOWN & CONTROLS INDICATED SIDE SLIPPING OF THE BELT THE CRUSHER OPERATOR INVESTIGATED & FOUND THE VICTIM PULLED THROUGH