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R & F Coal Company operator

Controlled by Charles C Ungurean

MSHA operator ID: P01540

Fatalities: 2
Total incidents: 269
Mines on record: 9
Years on record: 1983–1992

Top causes

MACHINERY 1 fatality · 35 non-fatal
POWERED HAULAGE 1 fatality · 23 non-fatal
HANDLING OF MATERIALS 82 non-fatal
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 52 non-fatal
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 39 non-fatal
OTHER 12 non-fatal

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35 (1f)

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

2 recorded

November 3, 1986 OH · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer Fatality · MACHINERY

R & F Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I NAME WAS WORK3NG THE MACHINE ON A BENCH GRUBBING TREES WHEN IT APPARENTLY SLID OFF THE BENCH DOWN A 35 FT EMBANKMENT AND TURNED OVER ON SIDE ACCIDENT OCCURRED WHEN TRAMMING THE MACHINE BACK TO PARKING AREA3

August 18, 1983 OH · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE

R & F Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

THE TRUCK DRIVER BACKED UP TO THE BERMED SPOIL DUMP AREA; THE GROUND BENEATH THE WEIGHT OF THE LOADED TRUCK GAVE WAY CAUSING THE TRUCK TO GO BACKWARDS OVER THE 150 FOOT HIGH SPOIL BANK AREA. THE TRUCK LANDED ON ITS LEFT SIDE. THE DRIVER RECEIVED SERIOUS HEAD INJURIES ALONG WITH OTHER INTERNAL COMPLICATIONS. THE VICTIMS DEATH OCCURRED AT 10:55 AM.

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