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Harry LaViers Jr: 3 recorded fatalities controller

MSHA controller ID: C01450

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Fatalities: 3
Total incidents: 727
Mines on record: 11
Years on record: 1983–1993

Health sampling

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A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.

Respirable coal dust

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Respirable coal dust and silica figures cover coal facilities. Dust compliance is measured against the current 1.5 mg/m3 standard; samples predating the 2014 standard are included, so compliance rates are a coarse historical signal.

Last sampled: 2000-07-19, 26 years ago

100%

within 1.5 mg/m3

samples

1.16

dust max (mg/m3)

1 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 0 by the operator.

Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.

Top causes

FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 2 fatalities · 55 non-fatal
POWERED HAULAGE 1 fatality · 54 non-fatal
HANDLING OF MATERIALS 247 non-fatal
MACHINERY 100 non-fatal
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 79 non-fatal
DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS 78 non-fatal

Incident timeline

1993

1992

1991

1990

1989

118

1988

133 (1f)

1987

140

1986

102

1985

1984

24 (2f)

1983

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

3 recorded

February 4, 1988 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE

South-East Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THE EMPLOYEE HA8 JUST CLOSED THE LAST DOOR ON THE EMPTY R.R. CAR AND WAS IN THE PROCESS OF MOVING TO THE NEXT LOADED CAR TO OPEN DOORS WHEN (NAME)SHOUTED FOR THE EMPLOYEE TO LOOK OUT.THEN THE LOADED CAR,WITH3DOOR OPEN ONLY ON ONE SIDE,BECAME OFF BALANCE AND FLIPPED OVER CAUSING THE EMPTY CAR THAT THE EMPLOYEE WAS BESIDE TO FLIP OVER ALSO TRAPPING THE EMPLOYEE BETWEEN THE EMPTY CAR

August 24, 1984 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

South-East Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

HAD BEEN TESTING TOP AND PULLING DOWN LOOSE ROCK PRIOR TO STARTING THE BOLTING CYCLE AND ROCK EITHER FELL ON HIM OR HE PULLED IT DOWN ON HIMSELF

January 12, 1984 KY · Coal cleanup man, cleanup worker Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

South-East Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

WAS MARKING TOP FOR LOCATION OF ROOF BOLTS TO BE INSTALLED & A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK, APPROX 3" THICK X 10\ WIDE X 8\ LONG FELL, CATCHING ERNEST UNDERNEATH THE ROCK

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Where Harry LaViers Jr 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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