Mining Incidents

Mohigan Mining Company Inc operator

MSHA operator ID: P13170
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
13
Mines on record
1
Years on record
1983–1985

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1985
4
1984
7
1983
2 (1f)

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded
October 19, 1983 WV · Coal tipple/top lander/skip dumper operator, binman, topman Fatality · ELECTRICAL
Mohigan Mining Company Inc · Contact with electrical current

VICTIM WAS ELECTROCUTED IN AN AREA WHERE HE WAS NOT AUTHORIZED TO BE AFTER HAVING ENTERED THRU A WINDOW DOOR PADLOCKED. VICTIM WAS APPARNETLY ATTEMPTING TO RECOVER AN UNUSED PIECE OF HIGH VO LTAGE CABLE & AFTER CLIMBING TO THE CEILING OF THE BUILDING, FELL & CONTACTED ENERGIZED 4160V BUZZ BAR.

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