Mining Incidents

A & R Coal Corp operator

Controlled by Timmy Ratliff et al
MSHA operator ID: P12590
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
21
Mines on record
6
Years on record
1983–1998

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1998
1
1995
6
1994
3
1992
1
1991
3
1990
3
1987
1
1985
2
1983
1 (1f)

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded
September 7, 1983 KY · Coal electrician, lineman Fatality · ELECTRICAL
A & R Coal Corp · Contact with electrical current

TROUBLESHOOTING-REPAIR WORK WAS BEING PERFORMED ON SURFACE ELCTRICAL SUBSTATION (POWER WAS DE-ENERGIZED TO LOW VOLTAGE CONTROL CIRCUIT ON WHICH ACTUAL WORK WAS BEING PERFORMED). EMPLOYEE WAS U NDER NO DIRECT WORK ASSIGNMENT AT THE TIME, BUT FOR AN UNKNOWN REASON (SPECULATED HE WAS RETRIEVING A DROPPED POCKET KNIFE) HE STEPPED INSIDE THE SUBSTATION AND CAME IN CONTACT WITH AN ENERGI

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