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Bill Nichols: 1 recorded fatality controller

MSHA controller ID: C07128

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Fatalities: 1
Total incidents: 18
Mines on record: 5
Years on record: 1983–1990

Top causes

FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 1 fatality · 10 non-fatal
MACHINERY 3 non-fatal
HANDLING OF MATERIALS 2 non-fatal
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 2 non-fatal

Incident timeline

1990

1 (1f)

1988

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1984

1983

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

1 recorded

February 22, 1990 VA · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Westar Coal Company · Struck by falling object

THE CONTINUOUS MINER, SIMMONS-RAND-MODEL 500 WAS BACKING OUT OF THE NO. 7 INTERSECTION-001-0 SECTION, AND THE VICTIM WAS HANDLING MINER CABLE ON THE RIPPER HEAD WHEN A LARGE PIECE OF MINING RO OF (SLATE,APP. 2 FT.X 4 FT. X 7", FELL BETWEEN THE RIGHT RIB BOLT AND RIB, STRIKING VICTIM.

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Where Bill Nichols stands on silica, penalties, and injury rate

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