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Superior Coal Company operator

Controlled by Huyser James E

MSHA operator ID: P14744

Fatalities: 1
Total incidents: 23
Mines on record: 2
Years on record: 1984–1987

Top causes

EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS 1 fatality
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 8 non-fatal
HANDLING OF MATERIALS 5 non-fatal
ELECTRICAL 3 non-fatal
POWERED HAULAGE 2 non-fatal
STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT 2 non-fatal

Incident timeline

1987

1986

1985

1984

4 (1f)

Mines on record

Mine No 2 IA
Mine No 1 IA

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded

March 16, 1984 IA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) Fatality · EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS

Superior Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS ROOF BOLTING ON ONE SIDE OF A CROSSCUT. ON OPPOSITE SIDE EXPLOSIVE CHARGES HAD TEEBEEN SET. THEY WERE THEN UNINTENTIONALLY DETONATED

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