Diablo Coal Company · Contact with electrical current
AS BEST CAN HE DETERMINED EE FOR UNKNOWN REASON TOOK COVERS OFF 7200 V POWER CENTER WHILE ENERGIZED AND ACCIDENTLY TOPPED A HIGH VOLTAGE FUSE IN THE POWER CENTER.
Jim Reed: 2 recorded fatalities controller
MSHA controller ID: C14581
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Top causes
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 1 fatality · 37 non-fatal
- ELECTRICAL 1 fatality · 3 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 37 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 26 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 15 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 13 non-fatal
Incident timeline
1997
2
1996
18
1995
24
1994
46
1993
44 (2f)
1992
12
Operators under this controller
Mines on record
- Bell County No 2 KY
- Mine No. 1 VA
- #1 Mine VA
- No 1 VA
- Mine #8 KY
- No 1 WV
Fatalities under this controller
2 recorded
February 24, 1993
WV · Coal
continuous miner operator, coal mole operator
Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Diablo Coal Company · Struck by falling object
I.NAME PLACED HIMSELF INBY OR PARTIALLY INBY PERMANENT ROOF SUPPORT RESULTING IN A PIECE OF ROCK 5.5' X 5/5; X 8" THICK CRUSHING EMPL A MINER OPERATOR,OPERATING A CONTINUOUS MINER AT TIME OF ACCIDENT.
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Where Jim Reed stands on silica, penalties, and injury rate
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