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Warco Mining Company Inc: 1 recorded fatality operator

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MSHA operator ID: P16312

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Fatalities: 1
Total incidents: 7
Mines on record: 1
Years on record: 1987–1988

Top causes

FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 1 fatality · 1 non-fatal
HANDLING OF MATERIALS 2 non-fatal
FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL 1 non-fatal
OTHER 1 non-fatal
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 1 non-fatal

Incident timeline

1988

1987

4 (1f)

Mines on record

Warco #1 KY

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded

June 16, 1987 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Warco Mining Company Inc · Struck by falling object

COAL WAS BEING 5OADED FROM THE NO.2 PILLAR OF THE 001 WORKING SECTION. I,NAME WAS STANDING AT THE CROSSCUT BETWEEN THE NO.2 AND 3 ENTRIES OBSERVING THE LOADING CYCLE WHEN THE ROOF COLLAPSED. T HE VICTIM WAS C2VERED BY THE ROOF FALL AND THE LOADING MACHINE OPERATOR WAS TEMPORARILY TRAPPED BENEATH THE CANOPY OF THE JOY 14 BU-10 LOADING MACHINE.

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Where Warco Mining Company Inc stands on silica, penalties, and injury rate

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