A TRIP OF 18 EMPTY MINE CARS WAS BEING PULLED BY A 27-TON LOCOMOTIVE DOWN A 3 PERCENT GRADE IN THE MINE WHEN THE LOCOMOTIVE DERAILED NEAR THE NORTH MAIN SIDETRACK. DURING THE DERAILMENT, THE L OCOMOTIVE OPERATOR IN ADDITION, THE BREAKMAN WAS INJURED IN THE ACCIDENT.
Eastern Associated Coal Corp: 4 muertes registradas operador
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Causas principales
- POWERED HAULAGE 2 muertes · 89 no mortales
- MACHINERY 1 muerte · 101 no mortales
- FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL 1 muerte · 18 no mortales
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 379 no mortales
- DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS 309 no mortales
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 232 no mortales
Cronología de incidentes
Minas en registro
- Federal No 1 WV
- Federal No 2 WV
- No 1 WV
- Lightfoot No 1 WV
- Harris No 1 WV
- Lightfoot No. 2A Mine WV
- Farley Eagle Mine WV
- Wells Prep Plant and Loadout WV
- Kopperston No 2 WV
- Wells Complex/Central Shop WV
- Harris Prep Plant WV
- Wharton 3A WV
- Keystone No 1 Preparation Plant WV
- Kopperston Refuse Impoundment WV
- Wharton No 11 Mine WV
- Wharton No 4 Mine WV
- Keystone No 1 Recovery WV
- Keystone #2 WV
- Rocklick Preparation Plant WV
- Joanne Mine WV
- Keystone No 2 Plant WV
- Keystone No 4 Prep Plant WV
Muertes bajo este operador
4 registradasWHILE ASCENDING THE 4 NORTH GRADE WITH A TRIP OF LOADS THE OVERCURRENT DEVICES DEENERGIZED ON THE REAR LOCOMOTIVE CAUSING THE TRIP TO STOP ON THE GRADE AND CHANGE DIRECTION OF TRAVEL. THE FRON T MOTORMAN APPARENTLY JUMPED OR FELL FROM THE DECK OF THE LOCOMOTIVE AND STRUCK HIS HEAD ON AN UNKNOWN OBJECT
EMPLOYEE MISTAKENLY REMOVED A HYDRAULIC HOSE WITHOUT FIRST RELIEVING PRESSURE FROM HOSE AS INSTRUCTED CRITICAL INJURY RESULTED WHEN HOSE STRUCK VICTIMS FOREHEAD
VICTIM RECEIVED CRUSHING INJURIES TO HEAD WHILE ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE OLD PREVIOUSLY DISCARDED ROOF BOLTS FROM NEAR BASE OF COAL RIB. PORTION OF RIB AND OVERLAYING DRAW SLATE FELL STRIKING VICT IM
Where Eastern Associated Coal Corp 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.
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