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Bentley Coal Company operator

Controlled by Cyprus Amax Minerals Company

MSHA operator ID: P18097

Fatalities: 2
Total incidents: 25
Mines on record: 6
Years on record: 1988–1991

Top causes

POWERED HAULAGE 1 fatality · 4 non-fatal
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 1 fatality · 2 non-fatal
HANDLING OF MATERIALS 8 non-fatal
MACHINERY 6 non-fatal
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 2 non-fatal
FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL 1 non-fatal

Incident timeline

1991

1990

11 (1f)

1989

6 (1f)

1988

Mines on record

Audra #1 WV
Long Run Deep Mine No 1 WV
Mary Lynn #1 WV
Flatbush WV
Flatbush Deep Mine No 1 WV
Jimtown Prep Plant & Refuse Disposal Fac WV

Fatalities under this operator

2 recorded

September 20, 1990 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Bentley Coal Company · Struck by falling object

FALL OF ROOF ROCK RESULTING IN CRUSHING INJURIES TO UPPER BODY OF EMPLOYEE WHICH RESULTED IN DEATH.

November 9, 1989 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE

Bentley Coal Company · Drowning

VICTIM BACKED ROCK TRUCK OVER 26 FOOT HIGHWALL INTO PIT AREA WITH 7 FEET OF WATER. INJURY TERMINAL. OUR UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE DEATH CERTIFICATE WILL READ THAT THE CAUSE OF DEATH WAS DROWNI NG.

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