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Amax Coal Company operator

Controlled by Cyprus Amax Minerals Company

MSHA operator ID: P00606

Fatalities: 2
Total incidents: 348
Mines on record: 6
Years on record: 1983–1998

Top causes

MACHINERY 2 fatalities · 46 non-fatal
HANDLING OF MATERIALS 116 non-fatal
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 58 non-fatal
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 52 non-fatal
POWERED HAULAGE 30 non-fatal
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 15 non-fatal

Incident timeline

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Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

2 recorded

October 1, 1990 IN · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman Fatality · MACHINERY

Amax Coal Company · Drowning

I.NAME TRAVELING SOUTH ON TRACTORIN CASS PIT IN WATER 2-3'DEEP TO RETRIEVE PUMP POWER CABLE STRUNG OVER HIGHWALL TO POWER A PUMP.APPARENTLY MISINTERPRETED WHERE DEEP SUMP ACTUALLY LOCATED DUE TO SUMP BEING FLOODED AND DROVE TRACTOR ONTO EDGE OF SUMP CAUSING IT TO TIP & FALL INTO SUMP ON ITS LEFT SIDE IN 12'WATER.

January 6, 1989 IN · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer Fatality · MACHINERY

Amax Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

OPERATOR REACHED THRU LEFT CAB WINDOWN TO RETRIEVE CHAIN CAUGHT ON BUCKET. HE ACCIDENTALLY STRUCK CONTROL LEVER LOWER BOOM & WAS CRUSHED BET3WEEN B OOM DYLINDER & WINDOW FRAME.

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