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Massey Energy Company: 68 recorded fatalities controller

MSHA controller ID: C02508

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Fatalities
68
Total incidents
11,211
Mines on record
322
Years on record
1983–2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 1999
79,622
citations
30,285
significant & substantial
$86,728,935
proposed penalties
$73,265,350
paid to date
84% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $13,463,585 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
16,256
inspections on record
739,394
inspection hours
10.8
citations per 100 inspection hours
ⓘ This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
79,622 citations across 739,394 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘ A Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
18
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2011-05-31.
On record since 2010.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.
Penalty disposition
ⓘ Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$86.7M
proposed penalties
$73.3M
current assessed
$73.3M
paid to date
$32K
outstanding
77,429 assessments are final orders; 3,294 contested dockets.
Of $56.8M in penalties contested before the Commission, $43.8M was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2014-09-09.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘ Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
39.0%
significant & substantial
5.1%
high negligence or reckless
40.0%
reasonably likely or greater
21.1%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.1% none, 9.6% low, 85.3% moderate, 4.8% high, 0.2% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Injury rate, 2011
ⓘ This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
5.03
total case rate
2.97
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US coal mining average was 3.83 and the all-US-mining average was 3.08 cases per 100 workers.
Year total case rate days-away fatal
2011 5.03 2.97 0.000
2010 6.10 3.33 0.399
2009 4.51 1.91 0.000
2008 4.91 2.43 0.016
2007 4.99 2.54 0.018
2006 5.89 3.05 0.056
2005 5.74 2.74 0.019
2004 6.55 2.77 0.044
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Health sampling
ⓘ 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
ⓘ 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: 2012-01-10, 14 years ago
91%
within 1.5 mg/m3
57,128
samples
32.25
dust max (mg/m3)
26,703 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 30,425 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
  • CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR25,589
  • SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR (STANDARD SIDE)5,583
  • ROOF BOLTER (SINGLE HEAD)2,341

Silica (quartz)

Last sampled: 2011-12-21, 14 years ago
8.1
silica avg (%)
4,454
samples
55.6
silica max (%)
Most-sampled occupations
  • CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR2,532
  • ROOF BOLTER (TWIN HEAD) (RETURN SIDE)155
  • LONGWALL OPERATOR (TAILGATE SIDE)135
See US coal mines ranked by silica in their dust samples.

Noise
ⓘ The share counts noise samples whose measured dose exceeded the 90 dBA permissible exposure limit. It describes the sampled workplace, not what reached the miner's ear: hearing conservation programs and the hearing protection worn during the shift are recorded separately and are not reflected here.

Last sampled: 2011-12-20, 14 years ago
18%
over PEL
5,566
samples
Most-sampled occupations
  • SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR (STANDARD SIDE)924
  • CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR834
  • BULLDOZER OPERATOR457
See US mines ranked by noise samples over the legal limit.

Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
ⓘ Many samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.

Last sampled: 2010-03-11, 16 years ago
2
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg2
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘ Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
18,866 citations taken to the federal commission · 24% of citations on record
  • Settled 12,026 · 64%
  • Stood as issued 6,826 · 36%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 13 · 0%
  • Still open 1 · 0%
84%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘ Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 14,092 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
22%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$54.3M proposed, $42.4M after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2014-10-28. Vacated and withdrawn citations are removed from the file this view attributes through, so that outcome is slightly undercounted here.
Contested penalties
ⓘ A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this controller contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
WEVA 2007-380 Settlement Lesnick 2011 $1.2M → $728K
KENT 2011-199 Settlement Miller 2011 $618K → $475K
WEVA 2012-372 Settlement Miller 2012 $606K → $331K
WEVA 2009-696 Settlement Miller 2010 $597K → $486K
KENT 2008-1618 Settlement Barbour 2012 $443K → $263K
WEVA 2011-1934 Dismissal Lesnick 2012 $351K → $351K
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.

Top causes

Incident timeline

2011
333
2010
709 (32f)
2009
498 (1f)
2008
551 (3f)
2007
498 (1f)
2006
528 (3f)
2005
473 (1f)
2004
484 (2f)
2003
521 (3f)
2002
692 (2f)
2001
637 (4f)
2000
617 (3f)
1999
482 (1f)
1998
463 (2f)
1997
474 (1f)
1996
501 (2f)
1995
409 (2f)
1994
259 (1f)
1993
208 (1f)
1992
177
1991
141
1990
135 (1f)
1989
121
1988
104
1987
206
1986
230
1985
157
1984
243
1983
360 (2f)

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

68 recorded
December 4, 2010 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Republic Energy, Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Investigation is still going on at this time. Per preliminary report: Descending the coal haul road, victim began to lose brakes. He attempted to straddle an axle berm on his left. The truck ran up onto the berm for approximately 100' before it turned over. Victim was found partly out of the passenger side door beneath the right exaust stack. Unable to remove him until EMS arrived.

July 1, 2010 WV · Coal electrician, lineman Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
White Buck Coal Company · Struck by powered moving object

EE was walking from one crosscut outby the face in the #2 entry toward the face of the #2 entry when he was struck by the #1 shuttle car.

May 10, 2010 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Spartan Mining Company, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Was loading rock out of #7 face. The shuttle car was making the turn out of the entry. EE was caught between the shuttle car and the rib.

April 5, 2010 WV · Coal apprentice, trainee Fatality · IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
Performance Coal Company · Struck by concussion

Victim died as a result of an explosion, cause unkown at this time. Received notification on 4/5/2010 that our employee was missing. Received notification late 4/6/2010 that employee was deceased.

February 6, 2009 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Republic Energy, Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Truck out of control, driver not wearing seatbelt, ejected & crushed.

October 8, 2008 WV · Coal supply man, supply worker, nipper Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Independence Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was assisting in the movement of supplies at the Justice Mine of Independence Coal Company, Inc. During this process he was apparently pinned between a parts car loaded on a rail car and a rib near the first left switch.

September 19, 2008 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer Fatality · MACHINERY
Alex Energy, LLC · Struck against a moving object

While working a steep backfill slope doing reclaimation work, the dozer operator was unable to maintain control, resulting in rollover of dozer approx 4-5 times. Although wearing seatbelt, a broken back and swelling of C-spine resulted, causing loss of sensation and paralysis.

May 16, 2008 WV · Coal electrician, lineman Fatality · ELECTRICAL
Aracoma Coal Company, LLC · Contact with electrical current

While atempting to repair a shuttle car without determining that the trailing cable was de-energized and without locking-out and tagging the power source. EE received fatal injries when he cut into an energized phase lead.

December 4, 2007 WV · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider Fatality · SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Mammoth Coal Co. · Fall from machine

Employee and another member were changing a bottom roller on the Cross Hollow belt at the # 130 mine. Injured was laying on the bottom belt changing the roller. The belt suddenly started and traveled approximately 49' before employee fell approximately 39' to the ground. EE passed away on 12/14/07 at 11:30pm.

February 1, 2006 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer Fatality · IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
Elk Run Coal Co. · Contact with hot objects or substances

EE was cropping the clarion level when for unknown reasons he traveled to the top of the ridge and inadvertently contacted a low pressure high volume 16 inch gas line.

January 19, 2006 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) Fatality · FIRE
Aracoma Coal Company, LLC · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

Employee, member of 002 section crew, was evacuating the mine. He became separated from his crew and did not survive mine fire.

January 19, 2006 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) Fatality · FIRE
Aracoma Coal Company, LLC · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

Employee, member of 002 section crew, was evacuating the mine. He became separated from his crew and did not survive mine fire.

March 29, 2005 KY · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Rockhouse Energy Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was backing (rear lights on) on a 636 Long Airdox Shield Hauler 1 break out by the long wall face at cross cut #88 into the #3 left cross cut where he ran over an airlock door top beam which was hidden in the mud. The rear tire hit the beam resulting in the end rising, and entering the operator's compartment causing crushing injuries.

November 20, 2004 WV · Coal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler Fatality · FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Endurance Mining · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EXCAVATOR OPERATOR WAS LOADING A 785 ROCK TRUCK WHEN THE WALL FELL STRIKING THE OPERATORS COMPARTMENT OF THE MACHINE.

February 5, 2004 WV · Coal electrician, lineman Fatality · ELECTRICAL
Spartan Mining Company, LLC · Contact with electrical current

ELECTRICIAN WAS FATALLY ELECTROCUTED WHILE REPAIRING A MINER CABLE. THE CABLE WAS NOT LOCKED AND TAGGED OUT BY THE ELECTRICIAN.

September 17, 2003 WV · Coal drill helper Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Progress Coal · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

PORTAL VAN PULLED IN FRONT OF A 190 EUCLID ROCK TRUCK. THE TRUCK PULLED INTO THE VAN, CRUSHING THE VAN. IT WAS DARK AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.

September 17, 2003 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Progress Coal · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

PORTAL VAN PULLED IN FRONT OF A 190 EUCLID ROCK TRUCK. ROCK TRUCK PULLED INTO VAN, CRUSHING THE VAN. IT WAS DARK AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.

July 19, 2003 WV · Coal electrician, lineman Fatality · ELECTRICAL
Performance Coal Company · Contact with electrical current

EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF REPAIRING #3 SHUTTLE CAR CABLE. POWER TO CABLE HAD BEEN TAGGED & LOCKED OUT. HE WAS DISCOVERED LYING ON HIS BACK & NOT BREATHING. CPR WAS ADMINISTERED AND HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT APPROX. 8:20 P.M. MSHA/STATE INVESTIGATIONS ARE INCONCLUSIVE AT THIS TIME.

March 22, 2002 KY · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss Fatality · MACHINERY
Rockhouse Energy Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE, A SECTION FOREMAN ON THE 001-0 MMU WAS IN THE PROCESS OF BACKING A JOY, 12-12, REMOTE CONTROLLED MINER OUT OF THE 2-LEFT CROSSCUT IN ORDER FOR THE SCOOP OPERATOR TO CLEAN THE #2 HEADING. EE WAS STRUCK BY THE BOOM AND PINNED INTO THE RIGHT RIB.

January 2, 2002 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Independence Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

ON WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2, 2002, EMPLOYEE WAS FATALLY INJURED BY A SUDDEN FALL OF ROOF WHILE OPERATING THE CONTINUOUS MINER IN THE #2 BELT ENTRY (#2 RIGHT BREAK).

September 14, 2001 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech Fatality · MACHINERY
Progress Coal · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE ENTERED THE MANLIFT TO BE LOWERED TO THE GROUND, AS THE MANLIFT BEGAN TO DESCEND THE SUPPORT TUBE BROKE AND IT APPEARS TO HAVE STRUCK HE IN THIS HEAD. EMT'S ADMINISTERED FIRST AID AT THE JO B SITE UNTIL HEALTH NET WHERE HE PAST AWAY.

March 29, 2001 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Performance Coal Company · Struck by falling object

EE HAD WALKED UP #2 ENTRY & INTO THE BREAKTHROUGH BETWEEN #2 & #3 PILLAR BLOCKS TO WHERE A SCOOP HAD BEEN PARKED. THE FOREMAN & SCOOP OPERATOR WERE IN FRONT OF SCOOP PREPARING TO SET TIMBERS. EE CALLED OUT & ASKED FOREMAN WHERE TO MINE NEXT& FOREMAN NOTICED HIS LIGHT DISAPPEAR. EE WAS DISCOVERED WITH A ROCK(8" H, 4'W, 6'L) ON HIM. GIVEN FIRST-AID, FLOWN TO HOSP., DIED 2 DAYS LATER.

February 2, 2001 WV · Coal motorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operator Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Marfork Coal Company, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A SUPPLY LOCOMOTIVE. THE LOCOMOTIVE WAS PULLING TWO SUPPLY CARS LOADED WITH CINDER BLOCKS AND WIRE MESH FROM ELLIS PORTALTO THE #1 SECTION. EMPLOYEE APPARENTLY LOST CONT ROL OF THE MOTOR WHILE ASCENDING A 0-4% GRADE (APPROX. 2,500' LONG) AND DESCENDED THE GRADE IN A RUNAWAY MODE. HE WAS FOUND AT THE BASE OF THE GRADE WITH THE WRECKAGE.

October 30, 2000 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Independence Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING A CO-WORKER LOADING A SCOOP CHARGER IN THE BUCKET OF A 35C SCOOP. A PIECEOF DRAW ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN THE ROOF BOLTS FORCING HIM TO THE MINE FLOOR. THE ROCK BROKE INTO TWO PIECES. ORIGINAL SIZE OF ROCK WAS 89" X 54" X 1"-4".

September 6, 2000 KY · Coal electrician, lineman Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Rockhouse Energy Mining Company · Struck by falling object

EE & 3 CO-WORKERS WERE INSTALLING WOODEN CRIBS TO GAIN ACCESS TO THE CONT. MINER. AS THE 4 MEN WERE INSTALLING THE CRIBS, A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK MEASURING 11 1/2 FT LONG, 8FT WIDE, & 1"-12" THI CK FELL, STRIKING A FATAL BLOW TO EE

May 24, 2000 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator Fatality · FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Martin County Coal Corp · Struck by falling object

THE DECEASED WAS OPERATING A FRONT END LOADER MOVING COAL FROM A STACKER CONVEYER BELT WHEN A PORTION OF HIGHWALL FAILED AND STRUCK THE LOADER. ONLY A FEW SECONDS OF WARNING WAS GIVEN PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. THE PORTION OF HIGHWALL THAT FELL MEASURED APPROX 160 FT LONG BY UP TO 60 FT HIGH AND THE THICKNESS RANGED FROM FEATHEREDGED TO 10 FT.

April 11, 1999 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer Fatality · MACHINERY
Elk Run Coal Company, LLC · Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings

VICTIM WAS OPERATING A D9L DOZER WHEN A VOID COLLAPSED ENGULFING THE MACHINE CAUSING FATAL INJURIES.

February 26, 1998 WV · Coal electrician, lineman Fatality · FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Eagle Energy Inc · Struck against stationary object

A FATAL ACCIDENT OCCURRED WHEN A ROCK MEASURING 12" WIDE X 12" HIGH X 50" LONG FELL FROM THE RIB AT THE MINE ROOF. THE ROCK STRUCK THE EE NEAR THE SHOULDER AREA FORCING HIS HEAD AGAINST THE CO NTINUOUS MINER LOCATED IN THE AREA. THE VICTIM SUSTAINED MASSIVE HEAD INJURIES WHEN HIS HEAD STRUCK THE CONTINUOUS MINER.

May 13, 1997 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman Fatality · ELECTRICAL
Elk Run Coal Company Inc · Contact with electrical current

CRANE CABLES CAME IN CONTACT WITH POWER LINES.

September 9, 1996 WV · Coal electrician, lineman Fatality · FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Elk Run Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

THE EE WAS IN A SITTING POSITION PERFORMING MAINTENANCE WORK ON A ROOF BOLT MACHINE WHEN A RIB ROLL OCCURRED. THE APPROX. SIZE OF THE ROCK AND COAL RIB WAS 14' LONG X 25" WIDE X 13" THICK. THE RIB ROLL CONTACTED THE CITIM ON THE UPPER TORCOIN THE BACK AND LOWER EXTREMITIES CAUSING CRUSHING INJURIES. THIS OCCURRED IN THE LAST OPEN CROSSCUT BETWEEN 2 & 3 ENTRIES ON THE WEST MAINS 020

April 20, 1996 WV · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman Fatality · HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Cannelton Industries Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE HAD USED A FIVE TON JACK TO RAISE A BELT HEAD. THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS HEAD WAS STRUCK BY AN UNKNOWN OBJECT, POSSIBLY THE JACK BAR.

September 18, 1995 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Marfork Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF TURNING NUMBER 3 CROSS CUT RIGHT WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK APPROXIMATELY 8' LONG BY 5' WIDE AND 10" THICK FELL AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE. EMPLOYEE WAS FOUND UNDERNEATH THE ROCK WHICH WAS APPROXIMATELY 4 FOOT INBY THE LAST PERMANENT ROOF SUPPORT.

September 2, 1995 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Star Fire Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

A 1989 AUTOCAR COAL HAULAGE TRUCK RAN OFF AND OVERTURNED ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ELEVATED ROADWAY RESULTING IN FATAL INJURIES TO THE DRIVER, A CONTRACTOR EMPLOYEE.

March 25, 1994 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) Fatality · MACHINERY
Elk Run Coal Company, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

VICTIM SUFFERED FATAL INJURIES WHEN HIS HEAD BECAME CAUGHT BETWEEN THE DRILL HEAD BOOM AND THE CANOPY.

November 15, 1993 WV · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Elk Run Coal Company, LLC · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

VICTIM IS BELIEVED TO HAVE CLIMBED CONVEYOR BELT SUPPORT STRUCTURE. IN AN UNKNOWN FASHION, WHILE ON BELT STRUCTURE, VICTIM CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE RETURN BELT IDLER AND SUFFERED FATAL INJURI ES.

June 20, 1990 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Martin County Coal Corp · Struck against a moving object

EMPL DRIVING TRACTOR/TRAILER INTO MINE SITE-WENT DOWN STEEP GRADE AND WENT OFF ROADWAY AND OVER AN EMBANKMENT.

May 5, 1983 WV · Coal assistant mine foreman, assistant mine manager Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Elk Run Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

STANDING BESIDE C.M. OBSERVING PILLAR RECOVERY OPERATION -STRUCK BY PIECE OF ROCK FROM MASSIVE ROOF FALL.

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Where Massey Energy Company stands on silica, penalties, and injury rate

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