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Arch Of Illinois: 6 recorded fatalities operator

Controlled by Ashland Inc
MSHA operator ID: P14896

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Fatalities
6
Total incidents
1,006
Mines on record
8
Years on record
1983–2000
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
12
inspections on record
188
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
ⓘ This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 188 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Injury rate, 2001
ⓘ This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US coal mining average was 6.94 and the all-US-mining average was 5.26 cases per 100 workers.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year total case rate days-away fatal
2001 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2000 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.

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Incident timeline

2000
2
1999
49
1998
48
1997
33
1996
23
1995
30
1994
63 (1f)
1993
45
1992
73 (1f)
1991
65
1990
63 (1f)
1989
74 (2f)
1988
70
1987
65
1986
93 (1f)
1985
66
1984
56
1983
88

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

6 recorded
December 15, 1994 IL · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Arch Of Illinois · Struck by falling object

FALL OF ROOF STRUCK CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR.

July 17, 1992 IL · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Arch Of Illinois · Struck by falling object

AN OVER THE ROAD TRUCK DRIVER, WAS FATALLY INJURED WHEN A SECTION OF DRISCO PIPE 50 FT LONG 26INCH IN DIAMETER WITH WALL THICKNESS OF 21/4 INCHES AND WEIGHTING APPROX. 3800 LBS, ROLLED FROM TH E SECOND ROW OF THE LOAD. STANDING ON THE HAULAGE ROAD APPROX. 10 FT FROM THE LOAD ON THE DRIVER S SIDE OF THE TRUCK WAS STRUCK & CRUSHED WHEN THE PIPE ROLLED OVER HIM.

February 27, 1990 IL · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer Fatality · OTHER
Arch Of Illinois · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DOCUMENTED HISTORY OF SEVER CORNOARY ARTERY DIESEASE AND MASSIVE MYOCARDIAL INFARCT IN DEC. 1988.

June 20, 1989 IL · Coal electrician, lineman Fatality · HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Arch Of Illinois · Struck by falling object

CHAIN RIGGING HOLDING 300 TO 400 POUND SCRAP PIECE OF SLUICE BOX EITHER FAILED OR SLIPPED ALLOWING LOAD TO BE RELEASED FROM HOIST WITHOUT WARNING SCRAP METAL FELL FOUR STORIES STRIKING EMPL ON THE HEAD AND UPPER BODY TORSO KILLING HIM UPON IMPACT THERE WAS NO WATCHMAN OR SPOTTER ON LOWER LEVEL OR ANY OTHER WARNING SIGNALLING OVERHEAD LOAD

March 23, 1989 IL · Coal master electrician Fatality · ELECTRICAL
Arch Of Illinois · Contact with electrical current

KNIFE JUNCTION BOX LOCATED 1800' FROM EAST END OF PIT HOLDS ELECTRICAL CONNECTION BETWEEN L-6 POWER DIST SYSTEM & 5761 SHOVEL. VICTIM WAS TO RECONNECT CABLE TO JUNCTION BOX. POWER WAS APPLIED TO THIS BOX & DISCONNECT KNIVES WERE IN CLOSED POSITION. VICTIM OPENED DOOR TO JUNCTION BOX REMOVED HOT STICK REACHED INTO BOX TO INSERT PHASE PIN INTO POSICLAMP. AT THIS TIME VICTIM CONTACTED

August 5, 1986 IL · Coal draftsman, surveyor/transit work supervisor Fatality · OTHER
Arch Of Illinois · Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings

VICTIM SETTING 8URVEY STAKES.HE BROKE THROUGH SURFACE AND FELL ABOUT 8' INTO HOLE 15'DIAMETER.LARGE PIECE OF CLAY 3' X 2' X 2' FELL ON BACK AND HEAD.VICTIM LYING FACE DOWN AND COULDNT BE RESCU ED BEFORE SUFFO7ATING.WAS WALKING THROUGH BLASTED AREA VERTICALLY DRILLED 1 WEEK BEFORE.

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Where Arch Of Illinois stands on silica, penalties, and injury rate

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