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Steele Branch Mining: 1 recorded fatality operator

Controlled by John C Geupel

MSHA operator ID: P20637

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Fatalities: 1
Total incidents: 3
Mines on record: 1
Years on record: 1990–1991

Top causes

MACHINERY 1 fatality
POWERED HAULAGE 2 non-fatal

Incident timeline

1991

2 (1f)

1990

Mines on record

Surface Mine No 927 WV

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded

April 23, 1991 WV · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger Fatality · MACHINERY

Steele Branch Mining · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

FROM INITIAL INFORMATION EE JUMPED FROM GRADER AND WAS RUN OVER BY FRONT WHEEL RESULTING IN FATAL INJURY.

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Where Steele Branch Mining stands on silica, penalties, and injury rate

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