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Hickory Coal Corp operator

Controlled by Frank W Podpechan

MSHA operator ID: P16659

Fatalities: 1
Total incidents: 181
Mines on record: 4
Years on record: 1983–1993

Top causes

MACHINERY 1 fatality · 26 non-fatal
HANDLING OF MATERIALS 47 non-fatal
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 42 non-fatal
POWERED HAULAGE 26 non-fatal
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 24 non-fatal
OTHER 7 non-fatal

Incident timeline

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Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded

October 14, 1988 OK · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech Fatality · MACHINERY

Hickory Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

VICTIM WAS SERVICING LEFT FRONT HYDRAULIC GAS STRUT ON TRUCK. UPON INSPECTION OF STRUT VICTIM SDISCOVERED FILM OF OIL ON STRUT. HE CLIMBED UPON LEFT FRONT TIRE DIRECTLY UNDER FENDER. AS VIC TIM LOOSENED THREE BOLTS TO COVER PLATE OF STRUT, PRESSURE WAS RELEASED ON STRUT CYLINDER CAUSING FENDER TO FALL ONTO VICTIMS BACK AND MID-SECTION CRUSHING HIM.

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