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Kaiser Coal Corp operator

Controlled by Kaiser Steel Corp

MSHA operator ID: P16663

Fatalities: 2
Total incidents: 341
Mines on record: 4
Years on record: 1983–1988

Top causes

FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL 1 fatality · 8 non-fatal
ELECTRICAL 1 fatality · 2 non-fatal
HANDLING OF MATERIALS 119 non-fatal
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 54 non-fatal
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 37 non-fatal
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 31 non-fatal

Incident timeline

1988

1987

1986

84 (1f)

1985

129 (1f)

1984

1983

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

2 recorded

March 7, 1986 UT · Coal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management Fatality · FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL

Kaiser Coal Corp · Struck by falling object

THE SERVICE ENG3NEER FOR HALBACH AND BRAUN WAS LOOKING AT THE CRUSHER WHEN THE RIB ROLLED OVER PINNING HIM BETWEEN THE FLOOR AND THE CRUSHER

April 9, 1985 UT · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss Fatality · ELECTRICAL

Kaiser Coal Corp · Contact with electrical current

EMPLOYEE WAS GOING TO CHANGE THE POLARITY OF THE TRANSFORMER BY REVERSING THE INCOMING POWER LEADS HE MADE CONTACT WITH HIGH VOLTAGE WHICH RESULTED IN FATAL INJURIES

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