AN ACCIDENT RESULTING IN DEATH OF AN EMPLOYEE OCCURRED WHILE HE WAS HELPING INSTALL PERMANENT ROOF SUPPORTS AS THE BOOM OF ROOFBOLT MACHINE WAS RAISED AGAINST THE ROOF TO INSTALL A BOLT THE V VICTIMS HEAD BECAME ACCIDENTLY CAUGHT BETWEEN BOOM AND MINE ROOF NO OTHER PERSONS OR EQUIPMENT WAS INVOLVED THE AREA WAS BELOW NORMAL WALKING HEIGHTH
North River Energy Company operator
Controlled by
LTV Corp & Chevron Corp
MSHA operator ID: P11944
Top causes
- MACHINERY 1 fatality · 28 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 63 non-fatal
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 56 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 16 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 14 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 9 non-fatal
Incident timeline
1986
48
1985
27
1984
58 (1f)
1983
73
Mines on record
Fatalities under this operator
1 recorded
December 13, 1984
AL · Coal
roof bolter helper, rock bolter helper, pinner helper
Fatality · MACHINERY
North River Energy Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
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