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Unicorn Mining Inc: 2 recorded fatalities operator

Controlled by Carl Kirk et al

MSHA operator ID: P18825

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Fatalities: 2
Total incidents: 259
Mines on record: 4
Years on record: 1987–1999

Contested penalties

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A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.

Largest penalties this operator contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.

Docket	Decision	Judge	Year	Proposed / upheld
KENT20000082	Settlement	Barbour	2000	$50K → $35K

Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.

Top causes

MACHINERY 1 fatality · 47 non-fatal
POWERED HAULAGE 1 fatality · 32 non-fatal
HANDLING OF MATERIALS 73 non-fatal
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 46 non-fatal
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 24 non-fatal
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 19 non-fatal

Incident timeline

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10 (1f)

1987

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

2 recorded

December 17, 1998 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE

Unicorn Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THE EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING IN THE FRONT OF THE RAILRUNNER AND WAS SETTING ON HIS LEG. THE EMPLOYEE PUT HIS HAND ON THE BUMPER AND RAISED HIMSELF UP TO MOVE HIS LEG FROM UNDER HIM WHEN THE RAIL RU NNER HIT A BENT PLACE IN THE TRACK CAUSING THE RAIL RUNNER TO SHIFT TO ONE SIDE. THE EMPLOYEE'S HAND SLIPPED OFF THE BUMPER & HE FELL OVER INTO THE FRONT OF THE RAIL RUNNER & IT RAN OVER HIM.

June 22, 1988 KY · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator Fatality · MACHINERY

Unicorn Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

CONTINUOUS MINER WAS TRAMMING OUT OF THE LEFT CROSSCUT OF THE #4 ENTRY MINER HELPER POSITIONED HIMSELF IN A DANGEROUS POSITION BETWEEN MINING MACHINE & RIG RIB & WAS CRUSHED BY TAIL OF THE C ONTINUOUS MINING MACHINE

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Where Unicorn Mining Inc stands on silica, penalties, and injury rate

MSHA's standard limits respirable silica to 50 micrograms per cubic metre, but MSHA publishes dust and quartz as separate files and never the silica figure itself. We derive it per sample, score it against the limit, and set the operator's injury rate against a benchmark built from the full MSHA operator record. With the 26-year penalty trail, contest posture, and fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.

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