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Midway Coals Inc operator

Controlled by Fry William Joe

MSHA operator ID: P18047

Fatalities: 1
Total incidents: 8
Mines on record: 3
Years on record: 1986–1995

Top causes

POWERED HAULAGE 1 fatality
HANDLING OF MATERIALS 4 non-fatal
MACHINERY 2 non-fatal
FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL 1 non-fatal

Incident timeline

1995

1992

3 (1f)

1990

1989

1986

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded

July 20, 1992 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE

Midway Coals Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

A BROKEN THRU SHAFT IN THE FRONT DIFFERENTIAL BROKE ALLOWING THE LOADED TRUCK TO FREEWHEEL ON THE DESCENT OF A 22 PERCENT GRADE THE DRIVER ATTEMPTED TO JUMP FROM THE RUNAWAY TRUCK AND WAS RAN OVER BY THE REAR TANDEMS THE CRUSHING INJURIES TO HIS LOWER TORSO RESULTED IN HIS DEATH.

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