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Plateau Mining Company operator

Controlled by Texaco Inc
MSHA operator ID: P10936
Fatalities
3
Total incidents
71
Mines on record
3
Years on record
1983–1985

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Incident timeline

1985
28
1984
22 (1f)
1983
21 (2f)

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

3 recorded
January 4, 1984 UT · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Plateau Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THE EMPLOYEE PLACED HIMSELF BETWEEN THE CAB SUPPORTS OVER THE CONVEYOR BOOM. HIS LEG ACTIVATED THE BOOM CONTROL AND THE UPWARD MOVEMENT OF THE BOOM PINCHED HIM BETWEENM THE BOOM AND CAB ROOF

January 28, 1983 UT · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Plateau Mining Company · Struck by falling object

AS EMPL ATTEMPTED TO OBSERVE MECHANICAL PROBLEM WITH C.M. PIECE OF ROCK FELL STRIKING EMPL AND PUSHING HIM INTO C.M.

January 13, 1983 UT · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer Fatality · FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Plateau Mining Company · Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings

EMPL LEFT DOZER AND WALKED OUT ONTO COAL STOCKPILE SURFACE.SURFACE COLLAPSED INTO DRAW-OFF DOORS,PULLING VICTIM INTO VOID COVERING HIM WITH COAL.

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