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Primrose Coal Company operator

Controlled by David S Himmelberger et al

MSHA operator ID: P21776

Fatalities: 1
Total incidents: 2
Mines on record: 1
Years on record: 1994–1995

Top causes

ELECTRICAL 1 fatality
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 1 non-fatal

Incident timeline

1995

1 (1f)

1994

Mines on record

Primrose Slope PA

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded

March 30, 1995 PA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler Fatality · ELECTRICAL

Primrose Coal Company · Contact with electrical current

TWO GROUND FAULTS OCCURRED ON TWO DIFFERENT PHASES OF THE UNDERGOUND POWER SYSTEM.THE FAN HAD A GROUND FAULT AND THE FLYGHT PUMP HAD A GROUND FAULT.THE PUMP GROUND FAULT WASTIEDTO THE UNDERGRO UND SYSTEM AND THE FAN WAS TIED TO THE SURFACE GROUND SYSTEM WITH THE HOIST.THE VICTIM BECAME THE BRIDGE BETWEEN THE TWO SYSTEMS.

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