Mining Incidents

Powell Mountain Coal Company Inc operator

Controlled by Amvest Corporation
MSHA operator ID: P11636
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
323
Mines on record
7
Years on record
1983–1997

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Incident timeline

1997
22
1996
46
1995
43
1994
23
1993
31
1992
20 (1f)
1991
16
1990
22
1989
27
1988
21
1987
14
1986
10
1985
11
1984
7
1983
10

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded
September 2, 1992 VA · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman Fatality · MACHINERY
Powell Mountain Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

VICTIM WAS TRAMMING THE CONTINUOUS MINER INTO A WORKING PLACE WHILE HE WAS POSITIONED IN THE DECK OF THE MACHINE. AS HE TRAMMED INTO THE PLACE, ANOTHER EE INFORMED HIM THAT THE MACHINE WAS CON TACTNG THE LINE CURTAIN INSTALLED IN THE PLACE. THE VICTIM APPARENTLY MOVED THE MACHINE IN REVERSE AND CAUGHT HIS HEAD BETWEEN THE COAL RIB AND MACHINES CANOPY.

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