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Frank W Podpechan: 1 recorded fatality controller

MSHA controller ID: C03572

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Fatalities: 1
Total incidents: 123
Mines on record: 4
Years on record: 1983–1993

Top causes

MACHINERY 1 fatality · 16 non-fatal
HANDLING OF MATERIALS 30 non-fatal
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 28 non-fatal
POWERED HAULAGE 19 non-fatal
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 15 non-fatal
OTHER 7 non-fatal

Incident timeline

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Operators under this controller

Hickory Coal Corp 122
Carbonex Coal Company 1

Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

1 recorded

October 14, 1988 OK · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech Fatality · MACHINERY

Hickory Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

VICTIM WAS SERVICING LEFT FRONT HYDRAULIC GAS STRUT ON TRUCK. UPON INSPECTION OF STRUT VICTIM SDISCOVERED FILM OF OIL ON STRUT. HE CLIMBED UPON LEFT FRONT TIRE DIRECTLY UNDER FENDER. AS VIC TIM LOOSENED THREE BOLTS TO COVER PLATE OF STRUT, PRESSURE WAS RELEASED ON STRUT CYLINDER CAUSING FENDER TO FALL ONTO VICTIMS BACK AND MID-SECTION CRUSHING HIM.

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Where Frank W Podpechan stands on silica, penalties, and injury rate

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