MSHA record for Black Bear #4 Mine (mine ID 1517079). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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SUBJECT HAD FINISHED REPAIRS TO A CONTINUOUS MINER AND WAS REPLACING ONE OF THE GUARDS AS HE LIFTED THE GUARD INTO PLACE MUCH OF THE WEIGHT WAS PLACED ON HIS RIGHT FOOT.
SUBJECT WAS BEEN AWARDED A "RETRAINING INCENTIVE BENEFITS" JUDGEMENT DUE TO HIS ALLEDGED EXPOSURE TO COAL WORKERS' PNEUMOCONIOSIS. MARTIN COUNTY COAL IS SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYMENT. THE DAT E OF THE ACCIDENT REFLECTS THE DATE THE OPINION WAS SIGNED BY THE JUDGE. THIS EMPLOYEE HAS MISSED NO KNOWN WORKDAYS TO DATE DUE TO THIS ALLEGATION.
SUBJECT WAS OPERATING A CONTINUOUS MINING MACHINE WHEN HE BECAME CAUGHT BETWEEN THE MACHINE & THE COAL RIB
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.