Mining Incidents

Crawford Coal Company et al controller

MSHA controller ID: C08529

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
224
Mines on record
1
Years on record
1983–1989

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Incident timeline

1989
1
1988
19
1987
62
1986
44
1985
31
1984
26
1983
41 (1f)

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Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

1 recorded
April 14, 1983 KY · Coal examiner, fire boss, pre-shift examiner, mine examiner Fatality · HOISTING
Scotts Branch Mine · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPL PUSHED EMERGENCY STOP BUTTON AS CAGE WAS ASCENDING ON INSPECTION SPEED.HE OPENED CAGE DOOR MANUALLY, GOT OUT OF CAGE AND DROPPED DOWN TO TOP FRAME OF BOTTOM LANDING DOORS.WHEN CAGE DOORS WERE SHUT THE CAGE CAME DOWN ON VICTIM WHO APPARENTLY WAS ATTEMPTING TO ADJUST BOTTOM LANDING DOOR SAFETY INTERLOCK SWITCH.KILLED INSTANTLY.

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