THE #2144 SECTION HAD SET UP A FINAL PUSHOUT FOR THE #131 BLOCK, AND HAD LOADED 3 OR 4 SHUTTLE CARS OF COAL. AT APPROX 11 AM, A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE INTERSECTION, THE PUSHOUT BEING MINDE D. THE VICTIM, EE, WAS FATALLY INJURED WHEN HE WAS STRUCK BY THE FALLING ROOF.
Maple Meadow Mining Company operator
Controlled by
Cyprus Amax Minerals Company
MSHA operator ID: P00720
Top causes
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 1 fatality · 219 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 1 fatality · 69 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 193 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 81 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 78 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 55 non-fatal
Incident timeline
1998
6
1997
90
1996
76 (1f)
1995
75
1994
96
1993
93 (1f)
1992
64
1991
51
1990
51
1989
41
1988
85
1987
46
1986
22
1985
14
1984
17
1983
24
Mines on record
Fatalities under this operator
2 recorded
June 26, 1996
WV · Coal
continuous miner operator, coal mole operator
Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Maple Meadow Mining Company · Struck by falling object
March 26, 1993
WV · Coal
laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
Fatality · MACHINERY
Maple Meadow Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EMPL SUFFERED FATAL CRUSHING INJURY ROOFBOLTING IN 2-1 X-CUT ON 2114 SECTION. HEAD BECAME CAUGHT BETWEEN DRILL BOOM ARM AND DRILL STATION CANOPY WHICH WAS PLACED AGAINST 53" ROOF HEIGHT.
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