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Triton Coal Company: 1 recorded fatality operator

Controlled by Zeigler Coal Holding Company

MSHA operator ID: P22229

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Fatalities: 1
Total incidents: 47
Mines on record: 2
Years on record: 1992–1998

Top causes

POWERED HAULAGE 1 fatality · 2 non-fatal
HANDLING OF MATERIALS 11 non-fatal
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 9 non-fatal
MACHINERY 8 non-fatal
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 5 non-fatal
DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) 2 non-fatal

Incident timeline

1998

7 (1f)

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1992

Mines on record

School Creek WY
Buckskin Mine WY

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded

July 2, 1998 WY · Coal Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE

Triton Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HAULAGE TRUCK DRIVER AND PICKUP DRIVER MET ON THE DUMP TO SWAP PLACES DURING LUNCH. AFTER THE EXCHANGE, THE HAULAGE TRUCK DROVE OVER THE PICKUP RESULTING IN FATAL INJURIES TO THE PICKUP DRIV ER.

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Where Triton Coal Company stands on silica, penalties, and injury rate

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