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Capricorn Coal Company Inc: 1 recorded fatality operator

Controlled by James H Booth et al

MSHA operator ID: P15628

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Fatalities: 1
Total incidents: 37
Mines on record: 7
Years on record: 1985–1995

Top causes

FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 1 fatality · 8 non-fatal
HANDLING OF MATERIALS 12 non-fatal
MACHINERY 7 non-fatal
POWERED HAULAGE 4 non-fatal
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 3 non-fatal
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 2 non-fatal

Incident timeline

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1985

2 (1f)

Mines on record

No 9 KY
No 8 KY
No 7 KY
No 6 KY
No 5 KY
#3 KY
No 2 KY

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded

December 3, 1985 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Capricorn Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

THE INVESTIGATI2N DETERMED THAT THE EMPLOYEE HAD INSTALLED THE LAST ROOF BOLT IN PROPER SEQUENCE AND WHILE WAITING FOR OTHER OPERATOR TO FINISH HIS CYCLE, HE STEPPED BEYOND PERMENT ROOF SUPPOR T AND WAS STRUC5 BY A ROCK APPROXIMATELY 8X10X10 THICK AND WAS KILLED INSTANTLY.

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