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Tommy Joe Owens controller

MSHA controller ID: C02571

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Fatalities: 1
Total incidents: 47
Mines on record: 5
Years on record: 1983–1994

Top causes

POWERED HAULAGE 1 fatality · 5 non-fatal
HANDLING OF MATERIALS 11 non-fatal
MACHINERY 11 non-fatal
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 7 non-fatal
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 5 non-fatal
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 4 non-fatal

Incident timeline

1994

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1987

10 (1f)

1986

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1984

1983

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

1 recorded

April 10, 1987 KY · Coal electrician, lineman Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE

Eastwood Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THE VICTIM WAS 2PERATING A SCOOP ON ROUTE TO THE SURFACE TO PICK UP MAINTENANCE SUPPLIES, WHEN HE APPARENTLY GOT HIS HEAD CAUGHT BETWEEN THE SCOOP AND THE MINE ROOF, RESULTING IN HIS DEATH.

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