Mining Incidents

White County Coal Corp operator

Controlled by MAPCO Inc
MSHA operator ID: P10415
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
508
Mines on record
1
Years on record
1983–1996

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Incident timeline

1996
20
1995
49
1994
60
1993
48
1992
33
1991
44
1990
76 (1f)
1989
57
1988
45
1987
26
1986
16
1985
19
1984
8
1983
7

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded
July 27, 1990 IL · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner Fatality · MACHINERY
White County Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THERE ARE TWO DRIVETHROUGH VENTILATION DOORS FORMING AN AIR LOCK BETWEEN THE MAIN INTAKE AND NEUTRAL AIR COURSES. PADDLE SWITCHES OPERATE THESE DOORS. AS THE EMPLOYEE TRAVELED THROUGH THE SECO ND DOOR IT WAS ACTIVATED BY ANOTHER PASSENGER ON ANOTHER PERSONNEL CARRIER ABOUT 140 FEET INBY THE DOOR. AS THE DOOR CLOSES, THE BOTTOM EDGE STRUCK HIM, PINNING HIM AGAINST THE FRAME OF THE P

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