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Chafin John C Jr & Arthur B Chafin: 1 recorded fatality controller

MSHA controller ID: C10784

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Fatalities: 1
Total incidents: 36
Mines on record: 5
Years on record: 1983–1985

Top causes

ELECTRICAL 1 fatality
HANDLING OF MATERIALS 11 non-fatal
MACHINERY 9 non-fatal
POWERED HAULAGE 6 non-fatal
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 4 non-fatal
FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL 2 non-fatal

Incident timeline

1985

1984

1983

7 (1f)

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

No 6 WV
No 1 WV
Mine No 12-C WV
No 5 WV
No 4 WV

Fatalities under this controller

1 recorded

June 27, 1983 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss Fatality · ELECTRICAL

Golden Brook Mining Ltd · Contact with electrical current

SUPPOSED TO BE PATROLLING MINE PROPERTY,DISCOVERED DEAD 7 X-CUTS FROM SURFACE NEAR A DEWATERING PUMP.FOUND SUBMERGED IN 24\\ WATER WITH 440 VOLT POWER CONDUCTOR IN HAND.ENTIRE CABLE WAS REPORT EDLY BURNED TO PALM OF HAND.

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Where Chafin John C Jr & Arthur B Chafin stands on silica, penalties, and injury rate

MSHA's standard limits respirable silica to 50 micrograms per cubic metre, but MSHA publishes dust and quartz as separate files and never the silica figure itself. We derive it per sample, score it against the limit, and set the operator's injury rate against a benchmark built from the full MSHA operator record. With the 26-year penalty trail, contest posture, and fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.

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