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Western Key Enterprise operator

Controlled by Shumway Gary

MSHA operator ID: L06480

Fatalities: 1
Total incidents: 2
Mines on record: 2
Years on record: 1986

Top causes

FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 1 fatality
POWERED HAULAGE 1 non-fatal

Incident timeline

1986

2 (1f)

Mines on record

Small Fry UT
Big Buck 12 UT

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded

November 6, 1986 UT · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Western Key Enterprise · Struck by falling object

2ND ROUND WAS B9ING DRILLED AFTER 1ST ROUND SHOT THROUGH CAVED AREA AT CRACK IN CAVED AREA WAS NOT VISIBLE FROM FACE SIDE RESULTING IN LARGE SLAB OUT OF BACK TO FALL DIRECTLY ABOVE VICTIM WHIL E DRILLING 2ND 9OUND

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