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Cow Creek Coal Company Inc operator

Controlled by James B Simpkins

MSHA operator ID: P21398

Fatalities: 1
Total incidents: 18
Mines on record: 4
Years on record: 1992–1997

Top causes

POWERED HAULAGE 1 fatality · 2 non-fatal
MACHINERY 5 non-fatal
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 4 non-fatal
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 3 non-fatal
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 2 non-fatal
HANDLING OF MATERIALS 1 non-fatal

Incident timeline

1997

1996

7 (1f)

1993

1992

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded

April 11, 1996 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE

Cow Creek Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

VICTI WAS STANDING AT REAR OF ROOF BOLTER, EMPLOYEES HAD PARKED MAC-8 APPROX 30' AWAY AT TOP OF SLOPE. APPARENTLY PARK BRAKE HANDLE SPRUNG UP TO THE OFF POSITION AND MAC-8 ROLLED DOWN SLOPE AND STRUCK VICTIM, PINNING HIM AGAINST ROOF BOLTER.

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