EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO INSTALL A RIB PIN ON THE RETURN SIDE OF THE #1 ENTRY,IT IS BELIEVED THAT HE REACHED IN AND GRABBED THE DRILL STEEL WHILE AT THE SAME TIME ACTIVATING THE FAST FEED OF THE DRILL HEAD WHICH MOVED FORWARD AND CRUSHED HIM.
Cyprus Plateau Mining Corp operator
Controlled by
Rag Aktiengesellschaft
MSHA operator ID: P16915
Top causes
- MACHINERY 1 fatality · 72 non-fatal
- EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE 1 fatality
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 140 non-fatal
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 68 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 59 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 36 non-fatal
Incident timeline
1999
21
1998
79
1997
60
1996
40
1995
36
1994
40 (1f)
1993
18
1992
25
1991
32
1990
24
1989
38 (1f)
1988
25
1987
18
1986
22
1985
8
Mines on record
Fatalities under this operator
2 recorded
February 15, 1994
UT · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
Fatality · MACHINERY
Cyprus Plateau Mining Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
September 20, 1989
UT · Coal
section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss
Fatality · EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Cyprus Plateau Mining Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
THE EMPLOYEE CUT A RETURN LINE WITH A HACK-SAW. THE LINE HAD BEEN PRESSURIZED WITH HIGH PRESURE, THE RESULTING BURST FATALLY INJURED EMPLOYEE.
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