Mining Incidents

Sutherland Coal Company operator

Controlled by Sutherland Kermit R
MSHA operator ID: P11385
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
1
Mines on record
1
Years on record
1984

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1984
1 (1f)

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded
March 8, 1984 VA · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Sutherland Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

SCOOP OPERATOR WAS CLEANING A CUT OF COAL, COAL HT. WAS 38 TO 44" ON SECTION. OPERATOR BACKED MACHINE UNDER A BROW AND THE OPERATORS HEAD WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN BROW AND SCOOP. SCOOP HAD NO OPERA TING BRAKE SYSTEM

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