Mining Incidents

Owlco Energy, LLCMining Incidents in 2011

All MSHA-reportable accidents at Owlco Energy, LLC operations in 2011. Fatalities appear first.

Fatalities in 2011
1
Total incidents
3
Year
2011

Top incident classifications

  1. 01FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS1 incident
  2. 02HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)1 incident
  3. 03HANDLING OF MATERIALS1 incident

All incidents in 2011

Struck by falling object

Miner was repairing broke conveyor chain on 94L bridge position himself under the bridge when it fell striking him in the chest area.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Miner was turning drive shaft on mobile bridge carrier when hand slipped off pipe wrench he was using to turn shaft causing the pipe wrench to strike him in the jaw.

Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Miner was lining up two pieces of metal one piece of metal slipped mashing miners left index finger between the two pieces of metal.

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 Owlco Energy, LLC's numeric MSHA operator ID.