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South Fork Energy Company operator

Controlled by Amvest Corporation

MSHA operator ID: P18274

Fatalities: 1
Total incidents: 3
Mines on record: 1
Years on record: 1989

Top causes

POWERED HAULAGE 1 fatality
HANDLING OF MATERIALS 1 non-fatal
MACHINERY 1 non-fatal

Incident timeline

1989

3 (1f)

Mines on record

No 1 Strip VA

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded

December 20, 1989 VA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE

South Fork Energy Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THE TRUCK DRIVER WAS FATALLY INJURED DURING A MECHANICAL FAILURE OF THE VEHICLE DRIVE LINE. FOR SOME UNKNOWN REASON, THE DRIVER EXITED THE DRIVER'S COMPARTMENT AND BECAME ENTANGLED IN THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL OF THE MOVING VEHICLE AS THE VEHICLE DESCENDED BACKWARDS DOWN AN ELEVEN PERCENT GRADE.

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