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Independence Coal Company, LLCMining Incidents in 2016

All MSHA-reportable accidents at Independence Coal Company, LLC operations in 2016. Fatalities appear first.

Fatalities in 2016
0
Total incidents
2
Year
2016

Top incident classifications

  1. 01HANDLING OF MATERIALS1 incident
  2. 02DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS1 incident

All incidents in 2016

Independence Coal Co. LLC
Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was removing an oil pump from a dozer with a chain hoist. As EE was holding it steady with EE's hand, the pump slipped from the chain hoist, pinching EE's finger. This caused a laceration that required 9 stitches to EE's ring finger

Independence Coal Company Inc
Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

Employee has been diagnosed: Pneumoconiosis category t/p 2/1

Other years on record

Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) accident records, kept current weekly. Operator identity is MSHA's operator_id on the accident record; records are scoped to Independence Coal Company, LLC's numeric MSHA operator ID.