Somerset Mining Company · Contact with electrical current
EE WAS WORKING ON 12CM5 MINER INSIDE THE CONTROL BOX CHANGING AN OVERLOAD WHEN HE CAME IN CONTACT WITH HIGH VOLTAGE.
Somerset Mining Company: 2 recorded fatalities operator
Controlled by
Oxbow Carbon LLC
MSHA operator ID: P20697
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Top causes
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 1 fatality · 43 non-fatal
- ELECTRICAL 1 fatality
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 8 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 7 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 6 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 5 non-fatal
Incident timeline
1995
21
1994
28
1993
20
1992
9 (2f)
1991
3
Mines on record
Fatalities under this operator
2 recorded
February 20, 1992
CO · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Somerset Mining Company · Struck by falling object
LARGE SECTION OF ROOF FELL ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF CROSSCUT OFF OF NO 3 ENTRY TWO CROSSCUTS INBY THE ROCK STORAGE DEVELOPMENT SECTION THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED AS INJURED WAS STANDING BETWEEN THE LAS T TWO ROWS OF PERMANENT SUPPORT MARKING PLACES ON THE ROOF FOR THE NEXT ROW OF BOLTS TO BE INSTALLED SECTION OF ROCK APPROX 3FT LONG X21/2FT WIDE & 3TO 8IN DISLODGED BETWEEN THE BOLTS STRIKIN
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