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Covenant Coal Corp: 1 recorded fatality operator

Controlled by Jack L Simmons et al
MSHA operator ID: P20221

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
167
Mines on record
2
Years on record
1984–1997
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
3
inspections on record
17
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: 17 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

1997
1
1996
2
1995
12
1994
20
1993
8
1992
23
1991
33
1990
30
1989
20 (1f)
1988
6
1987
4
1985
2
1984
6

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded
May 9, 1989 VA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Covenant Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE VICTIM HAD STEPPED OUT ON THE SCREEN COVERING RAW COAL PIT AND FEEDER TO REMOVE A ROCK COAL STARTED FEEDING IN FROM THE MINE BELT THIS ALONG WITH THE COAL AROUND THE PIT THAT SLOUGHED IN C OVERED THE VICTIM COMPLETELY WITH COAL

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Where Covenant Coal Corp stands on silica, penalties, and injury rate

MSHA's standard limits respirable silica to 50 micrograms per cubic metre, but MSHA publishes dust and quartz as separate files and never the silica figure itself. We derive it per sample, score it against the limit, and set the operator's injury rate against a benchmark built from the full MSHA operator record. With the 26-year penalty trail, contest posture, and fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.

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