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Cyprus Plateau Mining Corp operator

Controlled by Rag Aktiengesellschaft

MSHA operator ID: P16915

Fatalities: 2
Total incidents: 486
Mines on record: 2
Years on record: 1985–1999

Top causes

MACHINERY 1 fatality · 72 non-fatal
EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE 1 fatality
HANDLING OF MATERIALS 140 non-fatal
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 68 non-fatal
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 59 non-fatal
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 36 non-fatal

Incident timeline

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40 (1f)

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38 (1f)

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1985

Mines on record

Willow Creek Mine UT
Star Point No2 UT

Fatalities under this operator

2 recorded

February 15, 1994 UT · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) Fatality · MACHINERY

Cyprus Plateau Mining Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO INSTALL A RIB PIN ON THE RETURN SIDE OF THE #1 ENTRY,IT IS BELIEVED THAT HE REACHED IN AND GRABBED THE DRILL STEEL WHILE AT THE SAME TIME ACTIVATING THE FAST FEED OF THE DRILL HEAD WHICH MOVED FORWARD AND CRUSHED HIM.

September 20, 1989 UT · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss Fatality · EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE

Cyprus Plateau Mining Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EMPLOYEE CUT A RETURN LINE WITH A HACK-SAW. THE LINE HAD BEEN PRESSURIZED WITH HIGH PRESURE, THE RESULTING BURST FATALLY INJURED EMPLOYEE.

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