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Webster County Coal Corp operator

Controlled by MAPCO Inc

MSHA operator ID: P01370

Fatalities: 3
Total incidents: 1129
Mines on record: 2
Years on record: 1983–1996

Top causes

MACHINERY 1 fatality · 134 non-fatal
POWERED HAULAGE 1 fatality · 105 non-fatal
HANDLING OF MATERIALS 292 non-fatal
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 238 non-fatal
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 69 non-fatal
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 69 non-fatal

Incident timeline

1996

1995

68 (1f)

1994

144

1993

1992

105

1991

1990

1989

1988

113 (1f)

1987

1986

Mines on record

Dotiki Mine KY
Retiki Mine KY

Fatalities under this operator

3 recorded

September 11, 1995 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech Fatality · MACHINERY

Webster County Coal Corp · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

AT APPROX. 10:45 AM THE LOADOUT "TRAIN" WAS STARTED. EMPLOYEES WERE EACH TO PUSH COAL TO THE LOADOUT CHUTES. AT APPROX. 10:50 AM AN EMPLOYEE NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE TUBE. WHEN HE INVESTIGATED HE FOUND DOZER IN THEHOLE. HE REQUESTED LOADOUT TO STOP. COAL COVERED DOZER. AT APPROX. 12:30PM DOZER PULLED OUT. VICTIM IN SEAT W/ BELT ON. RESUSCITATION FAILED.

December 14, 1988 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE

Webster County Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I NAME PARKED HIS CAR IN THE LAST OPEN X CUT INTERSECTION OF 2 ENTRY WHILE WAITING FOR THE LOADER TO CHANGE X CUT HE WAS ASSUMED TO BE OUTSIDE HIS EAR CLEANING THE OPERATORS COMPARTMENT THE B WAS RETURNING FROM THE FEEDER DID NOT SEE HIM OR HIS CAR DUE TO THE COAL SEAM HEIGHT AND THE CAR CANOPY THE B CAR DRIVERS FIELD OF VIEW WAS DOWN THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS EAR AS HE TRAMMED AHEAD

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