Mining Incidents

Birchfield Mining Inc: 1 recorded fatality operator

Controlled by Henry Paul Kizer et al
MSHA operator ID: P18517

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
46
Mines on record
1
Years on record
1987–1989

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Incident timeline

1989
39
1988
5 (1f)
1987
2

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded
October 25, 1988 WV · Coal scoop car operator Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Birchfield Mining Inc · Struck by falling object

VICTIM WAS FOUND UNDER A SECTION OF FALLEN DRAW ROCK IN THE NO. 6 ENTRY ON THE OFF-SIDE OF THE CONTIONUS MINER ABOUT 2 FEET OUT FROM UNER SUPORRTED TOP. INTERVEIWS WERE HELD WITH PERSONS WHO FOUND AND RECOVERED THE VICTIM, BUT IT COULD NOT BE DETERMINED THE REASON FOR TRAVELING BEYOND THE LAST ROW OF BOLTS.

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