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Wolf Branch Collieries Inc: 1 recorded fatality operator

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MSHA operator ID: P19783

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Fatalities: 1
Total incidents: 15
Mines on record: 1
Years on record: 1989–1991

Top causes

EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS 1 fatality
MACHINERY 5 non-fatal
POWERED HAULAGE 3 non-fatal
HANDLING OF MATERIALS 2 non-fatal
ALL OTHER OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESSES 1 non-fatal
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 1 non-fatal

Incident timeline

1991

7 (1f)

1990

1989

Mines on record

Mine No 1 KY

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded

November 19, 1991 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss Fatality · EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS

Wolf Branch Collieries Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPL WAS HELPING SHOTFIRE MAN & AFTER THEY WERE FNISHED LOADING HOLE HE STEPPED AROUND CORNER. HE ADVISED SHOTFIRE MAN TO SHOOT IT. SHOT BLOWED OUT BACK STRIKING EMPL.

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Where Wolf Branch Collieries Inc stands on silica, penalties, and injury rate

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