Struck by falling object
Victim was cleaning rocks and coal to set timbers along a rib line. The rib and brow fell crushing the miner. The brow measured approximately 100"" long by 32"" thick, by 37"" tall.
Rhino Eastern LLCOperator
Controlled by Patriot Coal Corporation; Rhino Resource Partners LP
MSHA Operator ID: 0090665
- Fatalities
- 1
- Total incidents
- 85
- Mines on record
- 4
- Period
- —
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Top causes
- FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL1 fatality · 1 non-fatal
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK20 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON16 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS14 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)10 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE9 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2014
10
2013
3
2012
11
2011
20 (1f)
2010
22
2009
18
2008
1