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Somerset Coal Company: 1 recorded fatality operator

Controlled by Smith Daniel F

MSHA operator ID: P12418

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Fatalities: 1
Total incidents: 33
Mines on record: 2
Years on record: 1983–1989

Top causes

FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 1 fatality · 7 non-fatal
HANDLING OF MATERIALS 8 non-fatal
MACHINERY 5 non-fatal
POWERED HAULAGE 4 non-fatal
ELECTRICAL 2 non-fatal
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 2 non-fatal

Incident timeline

1989

1988

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1985

1984

7 (1f)

1983

Mines on record

Cub Branch KY
Somerset No 1 KY

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded

February 14, 1984 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Somerset Coal Company · Struck by falling object

DID NOT SET HIS SAFETY JACKS AND DRAW ROCK FELL ON HIM WHILE OUT PAST ROOF SUPPORT

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Where Somerset Coal Company stands on silica, penalties, and injury rate

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