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Kentucky Criterion Coal Company: 1 recorded fatality operator

Controlled by Westmoreland Coal Company

MSHA operator ID: P19105

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Fatalities: 1
Total incidents: 20
Mines on record: 2
Years on record: 1988–1994

Top causes

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

Incident timeline

1994

1993

1992

1991

3 (1f)

1990

1988

Mines on record

Mill Creek Prep Plant KY
Golden Oak 3-A KY

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded

December 4, 1991 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE

Kentucky Criterion Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

SUPERVISOR & TWO EMPLS WERE PREPARING TO MOUNT PIN ON BUCKET TO BOOM ALREADY LOWERED OF DIGGER DERRICK TRUCK. AS SUPERVISOR ATTEMPTED TO POSITION 1 TON FLATBED TRUCK CARRYING PIN ON BUCKET INJ EMPL WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN TIP OF BOOM & FLATBED TRUCK WHEN HE SUSTAINED SEVERE INTERNAL ABDOMINAL INJ. INJ EMPL SUCCUMED IN OPERATING ROOM OF HOSPITAL.

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Where Kentucky Criterion Coal Company stands on silica, penalties, and injury rate

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