Employee was last observed as employee began to ascend an extension ladder. There is no eye witness, it is apparent the employee fell approximately 20ft. onto a moving conveyor belt and was fatally injured.
James C Justice II controller
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.Top causes
- POWERED HAULAGE 3 fatalities · 101 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 1 fatality · 154 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 1 fatality · 68 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 150 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 82 non-fatal
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 80 non-fatal
Incident timeline
Operators under this controller
- Bluestone Coal Corporation 89
- Keystone Service Industries Inc 82
- Kentucky Fuel Corporation 70
- Liggett Mining LLC 67
- A & G Coal Corporation 57
- Nine Mile Mining, Inc. 47
- Infinity Energy Incorporated 43
- Premium Coal Company,Inc. 36
- Dynamic Energy Inc 35
- Virginia Fuels Corporation 31
- S & H Mining, Inc. 30
- Double Bonus Coal Company 28
- Justice Highwall Mining Inc 16
- Royal Harvest Ltd 13
- Chestnut Land Holdings, LLC 11
- Four Corners Corp 11
- Black River Coal, LLC 9
- Captain & Toby Inc 8
- Frontier Coal Company, Inc. 7
- Sequoia Energy LLC 7
- Four Star Resources LLC 5
- Pay Car Mining Inc 5
- Bardo Mining LLC 4
- As Is Coal Company Inc 2
- Justice Energy Inc 2
- M & P Services, Inc. 2
- NuFac Mining Company, Inc. 2
- Pioneer Fuel Corp 2
- Great Bald Eagle Inc 1
- Hard Hat Mining Inc 1
- Orchard Coal Company Incorporated 1
- Walnut Coal Corporation 1
Mines on record
- Double Camp No. 1 WV
- No 58 WV
- Bishop Impoundment Area WV
- McDonald Fork Impoundment WV
- Coal Mountain No 1 Surface WV
- Bent Mountain Surface Mine #2 KY
- AG4 Sawmill Hollow #2 VA
- WV-3 Surface Mine WV
- Jones Fork Plant KY
- Strip #12 VA
- Beech Creek Surface Mine #2 KY
- Nine Mile #1 VA
- Preacher Creek Strip VA
- VFC-Washer VA
- ADDCAR #2 WV
- Bevins Branch Surface Mine #2 KY
- Wilson #2 Mine VA
- PARAGON LOADOUT VA
- WAR CREEK NO. 1 VA
- Roaring Fork #2 VA
- Strip #14 VA
- Prep Plant #2 VA
- No. 9 Mine KY
- Infinity Surface Mine #2 KY
- Prep Plant KY
- Liggett #8 KY
- Harlan Strip #1 KY
- S & H # 10 TN
- Wilson Deep Mine #1 VA
- VFC-Louder Creek E, F, G, H KY
- HWM MS0002 KY
- Strip #26 VA
- Yellow Mtn Surface Mine #1 KY
- Strip #13 VA
- Liggett #3 KY
- No 1 Strip VA
- #2 VA
- Mine No. 14 TN
- Liggett #7 KY
- Darby Road Mine #1 VA
- Jones Fork E-3 KY
- Baldwin Plant TN
- Bull Creek Surface Mine #1 KY
- Infinity #4 KY
- Mine No. 7 TN
- Premium #5 Deep Mine TN
- Infinity Surface Mine #3 KY
- No. 1 Surface Mine KY
- Prep Plant #1 VA
- Tn mine 20 TN
- Kentucky River Surface Mine KY
- Baden #1 VA
- Pine Mountain Prep Plant KY
- Sigmon Strip #23 VA
- Briceville Plant TN
- ADDCAR SYSTEM 16 NM
- Liggett #5 KY
- Strip #8 VA
- Strip #24 VA
- Keystone No 1 Preparation Plant WV
- Infinity Surface Mine #1 KY
- Buckeye Mine WV
- No 65 WV
- Liggett #6 KY
- Red Fox Surface Mine WV
- No. 2 Contour & Auger WV
- No 3 Miner WV
- Red Fox Load-Out WV
- No 1 Miner WV
- No 2 Miner WV
- No.32 WV
- Bardo #1 KY
- No 34 Mine WV
- Liggett #4A KY
- No. 39 Mine WV
- Tams No.1 Surface Mine WV
- Orchard Loadout WV
- No. 50 Mine WV
- Pinnacle Creek Auger WV
- No 44 Mine WV
- No 49 WV
- No. 45 Mine WV
- Bluestone #38 WV
- No36 Mine WV
- Loading Point WV
- Oceana Plant and Loadout WV
- Keystone No 1 Recovery WV
Fatalities under this controller
5 recordedFor reasons unknown at this time, the victim came out of the truck and was run over by the truck.
Employee was observing the mechanic working on a shuttle car. It was revealed during the accident investigation, that the mechanic pressed the tram pedal, causing the shuttle car to inadvertently move. The shuttle car crushed the employee between the shuttle car and the rib.
STEEP GRADE AND NO ESCAPE RAMPS. DRIVER ERROR.
WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS CLOSING DOORS IN RAILROAD CAR EMPTIES,THE JACKING BAR SLIPPED AND BAR STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON LEFT SIDE OF HEAD.BREAKING JAW AND NECK.
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