Mining Incidents

Freeman United Coal Mining Company operator

Controlled by General Dynamics Corp
MSHA operator ID: P01631

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
594
Mines on record
3
Years on record
2000–2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
3,316
citations
1,262
significant & substantial
$750,569
proposed penalties
$750,569
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2007
49
2006
78
2005
88
2004
61
2003
69 (1f)
2002
88
2001
87
2000
74

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded
April 15, 2003 IL · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator Fatality · MACHINERY
Freeman United Coal Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HE WAS OPERATING THE MINER ON REMOTE CONTROL AND MOVING IT TO START THE CLEAN-UP PROCESS. HE PINNED HIMSELF BETWEEN THE MINER AND THE RIB.