FOR UNKNOWN REASONS THE VICTIM'S TRUCK ROLLED APPROX. 75 FEET DOWN AN ELEVATED HAUL ROAD FROM IT'S DUMPING POINT WHERE IT THEN CROSSED THE ROAD BERM AND OVERTURNED DOWN THE APPROX. 55 FOOT HIG H SPOIL SLOPE AND CAME TO REST ON THE HAUL ROAD BELOW. THE VICTIM WHO WAS NOT WEARING SEAT BELTS WAS THROWN FROM THE TRUCK WHEN IT REACHED BOTTOM OF THE SLOPE.
Gatliff # 1 Coal
MSHA record for Gatliff # 1 (mine ID 1504322). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 1
- Total incidents
- 16
- Years on record
- 1983–1996
- Latest incident
- Mar 1996
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Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2000 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2000 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fatalities at this mine
1 recordedReportable incidents
15 on file (excluding fatalities above)1996 · 1 incident
EMPLOYEE RESIGNED - AWARD OF BLACK LUNG BENEFITS.
1995 · 2 incidents
EMPLOYEE WAS DESCENDING EQUIPMENT AND SLIPPED ON THE LADDER. HE WAS LEFT HANGING FROM THE LADDER BY HIS HANDS.
EE WAS OPERATING A TRACK LOADER CARRYING ROCK FOR ROCK DRAINS. HE TURNED THE LOADER TO THE RIGHT TO DUMP THE ROCK AND THE LOADER SLIPPED ON THE ROCKS AND WHEN THE TRACK LOADER STOPPED, IT HAD LANDED ON ITS RIGHT SIDE. EE S RIGHT HAND WAS CUT IN THE PROCESS.
1994 · 1 incident
EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING A HOLE O THE DRILL SITE HE PLACED HIS LEFT HAND ON DRILL HEAD JUST AS DRILL WAS COMING DOWN HAND WAS CAUGHT BY THE WEIGHT OF THE HEAD & WAS CRUSHED WHEN HYDRAULIC DOWN PR ESSURE WAS AUTOMATICALLY APPLIED
1993 · 1 incident
VICTIM WAS OPERQTIN THE INGERSOLL-RAND HIGHWALL DRILL ALONG A BENCH WHEN THE BENCH BROKE LOOSE UNDER THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR WHEELS. THIS CAUSED THE DRILL TO OVERTURN. VICTIM RECEIVED LACERATI ONS TO THE RIGHT EAR, CONTUSIONS ON LUNG, AND A FRACTURED RIB.
1988 · 1 incident
EMP. WA> ATTEMPTING TO TIGHTE BELTS ON 475-C MICHIGAN LOADER BY USING A BAR TO JPRY THE ALTERNATOR BACK WITH. THE BAR SLIPPED AND CUT THE EMP. RIGHT HAND IN THE PALM.
1987 · 1 incident
EMPLOYEE WAS HO5DING BOLT WITH RIGHT HAND WHILE USING A AIR IMPACT WRENCH WITH HIS LEFT HAND TO REMOVE THE NUT.THE BOLT SLIPPED LETTING THE INIMPACT WRENCH SPINN THE BOLT HEAD WHICH CUT HIS CUT HIS THUMB A7 THE BASE ON THE INSIDE OF HIS RIGHT HAND.
1986 · 1 incident
EMPL ATTEMPTING3TO REMOVE HYDRAULIC JACK FROM ROCK TRUCK.WHEN HE REMOVED SUPPORT PINS THE SHAFT WENT INTO JACK BODY SQUIRTING HOT HYDRAULIC OIL INTO EMPL FACE AND LEFT EYE CAUSING IRRITATION T
1985 · 2 incidents
WHILE LIFTING A ROLLER FOR A 355 KOMATSU BULLDOZER EMPLOYEE INJURED LOWER BACK.
A SECTION OF HIGHWALL FELL STRIKING THE REFUSE TRUCK THAT I.NAME WAS OPERATING I.NAME WAS THROWN FROM THE TRUCK I.NAME SUSTAINED INJURY TO CUT ON FOREHEAD CUT EAR AND FRACTURED BONE IN SHOULDE R
1984 · 2 incidents
EMPLOYEE WAS PROCEEDING ALONG A HAUL ROAD TO CHECK THE COAL STOCK PILE THE HAUL ROAD HAD BEEN CUT INTO DUE TO REMOVING A BENCH EMPLOYEE\S PICK UP TRUCK WENT OVER THE 15\ BANK LEFT AFTER BENCH
WHILE GRADING THE HAUL ROAD, EMPLOYEE LOST CONTROL OF GRADER, WHICH WHEN STOPPED, THREW EMPLOYEE OUT OF CAB.
1983 · 3 incidents
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING A HYDRACLIC PUMP ON AN END LOADER AND STRAINED HIMSELF.HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN LOWER STOMACH REGION.
WAS REMOVING FINAL DRILL STEEL FROM HOLE DRILL STEEL WRENCH STUCK TO END OF STEEL AND WAS RAISED APPROX 15\ WHEN IT FELL TO THE TABLE HITTING FOOT WHICH WAS ON THE TABLE BROKE BIG TOE AND NEX T TWO TOES AND BROKE BONE BEHIND BIG TOE
THE EMP WAS HELPING THE POWDER MAN LOAD HOLES THE POWDER TRUCK WAS AT A SLANT THE BOOM WAS HARD TO SWING CAUSING A STRAIN TO EMPLOYEE
The full compliance file on Gatliff # 1
A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.