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Laurel Run Mining Company operator

Controlled by Occidental Petroleum Corp

MSHA operator ID: P17992

Fatalities: 2
Total incidents: 309
Mines on record: 6
Years on record: 1983–1993

Top causes

MACHINERY 1 fatality · 20 non-fatal
POWERED HAULAGE 1 fatality · 13 non-fatal
HANDLING OF MATERIALS 74 non-fatal
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 65 non-fatal
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 41 non-fatal
DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS 32 non-fatal

Incident timeline

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1990

37 (1f)

1989

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1987

26 (1f)

1986

1984

1983

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

2 recorded

March 17, 1990 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech Fatality · MACHINERY

Laurel Run Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF REMOVING THE HEAD GATE SHEAR DRUM FROM THE RANGING ARM HUB. THE DRUM SUDDENLY GAVE LOOSE ADN CAUGHT EMLOYEE BETWEEN DRUM AND THE COAL FACE. RESULT WAS FATAL IN JURY TO THE EMPLOYEE.

March 27, 1987 WV · Coal car dropper, car shake out operator Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE

Laurel Run Mining Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS DROPPING R/9 CARS RIDING FRONT END BRAKE & RAM INTO ANOTHER CAR & HE WAS CRUSHED BETWEEN THE CARS.

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