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Western Fuels-Utah Inc operator

Controlled by Western Fuels Association Inc

MSHA operator ID: P10413

Fatalities: 2
Total incidents: 447
Mines on record: 1
Years on record: 1983–1996

Top causes

FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 1 fatality · 35 non-fatal
INUNDATION 1 fatality
HANDLING OF MATERIALS 135 non-fatal
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 71 non-fatal
MACHINERY 62 non-fatal
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 47 non-fatal

Incident timeline

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42 (1f)

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1983

Mines on record

Deserado Mine CO

Fatalities under this operator

2 recorded

August 22, 1991 CO · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss Fatality · INUNDATION

Western Fuels-Utah Inc · Drowning

IN AN ATTEMPT TO EMPTY AN OLD(UPPER) SUMP INTO A NEW LOWER SUMP THE FACE GAVE WAY RELEASING APPROX 100,000 GALLONS OF WATER,AND IT IS BELIEVED HE WAS SWEPT AWAY IN THE ONRUSH THAT TOOK OUT TIM BERS AND CRIBBING.HE WAS FOUND ON 08-23-91 AT APPROX 10:30PM.

February 28, 1986 CO · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Western Fuels-Utah Inc · Struck by falling object

INSTALLING ROOF3MAT EMPLOYEE STEPPED IN FRONT OF BOLTER TO RETRIEVE FALLEN MAT ROOF ROCK FELL ON EMPLOYEE HITTING HIM ON HEAD AND BACK

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