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Star Fire Mining Company operator

Controlled by Massey Energy Company

MSHA operator ID: P07490

Fatalities: 1
Total incidents: 164
Mines on record: 6
Years on record: 1983–1998

Top causes

POWERED HAULAGE 1 fatality · 24 non-fatal
HANDLING OF MATERIALS 38 non-fatal
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 29 non-fatal
MACHINERY 20 non-fatal
DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS 19 non-fatal
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 13 non-fatal

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Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded

September 2, 1995 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE

Star Fire Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

A 1989 AUTOCAR COAL HAULAGE TRUCK RAN OFF AND OVERTURNED ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ELEVATED ROADWAY RESULTING IN FATAL INJURIES TO THE DRIVER, A CONTRACTOR EMPLOYEE.

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