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Surefire Coals Inc: 1 recorded fatality operator

Controlled by Stanley W Osborne

MSHA operator ID: P16254

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Fatalities: 1
Total incidents: 21
Mines on record: 1
Years on record: 1986–1992

Top causes

FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 1 fatality
HANDLING OF MATERIALS 7 non-fatal
DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS 5 non-fatal
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 2 non-fatal
MACHINERY 2 non-fatal
DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) 1 non-fatal

Incident timeline

1992

13 (1f)

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1986

Mines on record

No 2 KY

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded

July 30, 1992 KY · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Surefire Coals Inc · Struck by falling object

55015D SUPT WAS IN ROUTE TO THE SECTION LOADING POINT EE WAS RIDING THE BUCKET END OF THE SCOOP MATERIAL FROM THE ROOF FELL FROM BETWEEN TWO BOLTS 41 INCH APART STRIKING THE EE ON THE CHEST IT 06643D APPEAR THE SCOOP STRUCK ROOF BOLT CAUSINGROCK TO FALL.

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Where Surefire Coals Inc stands on silica, penalties, and injury rate

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