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Eighty-Four Mining Company operator

Controlled by Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal Company

MSHA operator ID: P22184

Fatalities: 2
Total incidents: 859
Mines on record: 1
Years on record: 1993–1998

Top causes

MACHINERY 1 fatality · 51 non-fatal
FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL 1 fatality · 8 non-fatal
HANDLING OF MATERIALS 234 non-fatal
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 146 non-fatal
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 128 non-fatal
HOISTING 99 non-fatal

Incident timeline

1998

142

1997

213 (1f)

1996

211

1995

150

1994

65 (1f)

1993

Mines on record

Mine 84 PA

Fatalities under this operator

2 recorded

March 28, 1997 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech Fatality · MACHINERY

Eighty-Four Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

VICTIM ALONG WITH HIS SUPERVISOR WERE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE MINER IN NORTH MAINS CHECKING FOR TRAM PROBLEMS THAT WAS REPORTED FROM THE MIDNITE SHIFT. THE VICTIM HAD THE REMOTE CONTROL IN HIS POSSESSION. THE MINER MOVED AND PINNED BOTH EMPLOYEES. CAUSE OF THIS FATAL WAS A FAILURE TO NOTICE A PINCH POINT AREA. COMPLAINCE WITH RULES/REGS WAS A FACTOR.

November 16, 1994 PA · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator Fatality · FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL

Eighty-Four Mining Company · Struck by falling object

HE WAS PERFORMING DUTIES OF MINER HELPER AND HE WAS STANDING ALONG RIB AT CORNER OF X-CUT 3 TO 4 ATTENDING THE MINER CABLE AND THE RIB FELL OUT AND STRUCK HIM ON THE BACK AND TOTALLY COVERING HIM UP. CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT WAS THE UNDETECTION OF A SLIP IN COAL RIB. NO RULES OR REGS WERE BROKEN, NO EQUIPMENT INVOLVED, PERSONNEL EQUIPMENT WORN, MINER SKILLS.

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