WET SNOW FALLING.EMPL WALKING DOWN FROM SHOP TO YARD.LOST FOOTING ,AS HE WAS FALLING STUCK RIGHT ARM OUT TO CATCH HIMSELF.WEIGTH OF BODY FELL ON RIGHT ARM BREAKING BONE BEHIND WRIST.
South Fork Mine Coal
MSHA record for South Fork Mine (mine ID 4606859). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 3
- Years on record
- 1985–1989
- Latest incident
- Jan 1989
Reportable incidents
3 on file1989 · 1 incident
1988 · 1 incident
PUSHING ROOF BOLT AND PLATE UP ROOF HAD INDEX FINGER ON RIGHT HAND ON TOP OF PLATE.PUSHED AGAINST ROOF CAUSING INDEX FINGER TO BE CUT.
1985 · 1 incident
ROOF BOLTER OPERATOR WAS ATTEMPTING TO MOVE MACHINE TO SET UP FOR NEXT PATTERN BOLT ALONG RIB WHNE MACHINE CAUGHT OPERATOR BETWEEN COAL RIB AND MACHINE OPERATOR RECEIVED BACK INJURIES NOT NOTI CABLE AT TIME
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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.