← All controllers

Ratliff Bill: 1 recorded fatality controller

MSHA controller ID: C05226

Watch this controller

Email me when a new MSHA incident is filed at any mine Ratliff Bill controls.

Fatalities: 1
Total incidents: 43
Mines on record: 3
Years on record: 1987–1996

Top causes

IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST 1 fatality
HANDLING OF MATERIALS 22 non-fatal
POWERED HAULAGE 7 non-fatal
MACHINERY 4 non-fatal
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 3 non-fatal
OTHER 2 non-fatal

Incident timeline

1996

1995

1994

1993

1992

1991

1990

1989

1988

1987

3 (1f)

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

1 recorded

December 26, 1987 VA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler Fatality · IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST

Double R Coal Company Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

AN EMPLOYEE WIT2OUT AUTHORIZATION ENTERED THE MINE WITH A SCOOP AND WHILE UNDERGROUND AN EXPLOSION OCCURRED ENTIRE MINE AFFECTED

For insurers, brokers, and safety consultants

Where Ratliff Bill 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.

The federal record itself stays free on this site. What costs money, and why.

See a sample report Need a different cut of the data? Ask us