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South Central Coal Company, Inc.Mining Incidents in 2003

All MSHA-reportable accidents at South Central Coal Company, Inc. operations in 2003. Fatalities appear first.

Fatalities in 2003
0
Total incidents
2
Year
2003

Top incident classifications

  1. 01FALL OF ROOF OR BACK2 incidents

All incidents in 2003

South Central Coal Company, Inc.
Accident type, without injuries

FALL OCCURRED IN THE HATFIELD MAINS #6 ENTRY X-CUT 12 AND AREA WAS MINED AROUND SEPT 2001. CRIBS HAD BEEN BUILT IN THE X-CUTS BEFORE ROOF FALL OCCURRED DUE TO A SLIP GOING THROUGH INTERSECTION . FALL IS 20' X 40' X 10' THICK. THIS WAS AN INTAKE TRAVEL WAY AND THE TRAVEL WAY HAS BEEN RE-ROUTED TO #7 ENTRY.

South Central Coal Company, Inc.
Accident type, without injuries

ROOF FALL OCCURRED ON THE #6 BELT AT X-CUT 34, 3 X-CUTS OUTBY THE SECTION. THE FALL WAS IN AN APPARENT SLIP/FAULT AREA. IT WILL NOT BE CLEANED UP. THE SECTION WAS MOVED. 40' - 50' OF BELT AND STRUCTURE WAS DESTROYED.

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 South Central Coal Company, Inc.'s numeric MSHA operator ID.