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Black Energy Coal Inc operator

Controlled by Lewis Ira Joe

MSHA operator ID: P19739

Fatalities: 1
Total incidents: 1
Mines on record: 1
Years on record: 1989

Top causes

MACHINERY 1 fatality

Incident timeline

1989

1 (1f)

Mines on record

Tipple #1 VA

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded

November 10, 1989 VA · Coal tipple/top lander/skip dumper operator, binman, topman Fatality · MACHINERY

Black Energy Coal Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE VICTIM LEFT HIS NORMAL WORKPLACE AND WENT OUTSIDE TO FRONT OF CONVEYOR CHAIN THAT LED TO PICKBREAKER. SOME LOOSE MATERIAL GAVE WAY CAUSING HIM TO BE CAUGHT IN COAL FEED CONVEYORS. THAT CAU GHT HIS BOOT DRAGGING HIM INTO PICKBREAKER. ACCIDENT RESULTED IN HIS DEATH.

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