Mining Incidents

Taft Coal Sales & Associates IncorporatedMining Incidents in 2012

All MSHA-reportable accidents at Taft Coal Sales & Associates Incorporated operations in 2012. Fatalities appear first.

Fatalities in 2012
1
Total incidents
3
Year
2012

Top incident classifications

  1. 01SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON1 incident
  2. 02HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)1 incident
  3. 03HANDLING OF MATERIALS1 incident

All incidents in 2012

Fall from machine

Employee was climbing up ladder onto Rock Truck when his feet slipped out from under him causing him to fall to the ground.*** Note added Employee died 12/28/12 from complications related to this injury per fatal ruling/notification on 6/27/13 from MSHA.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING BRUSH AND SLIPPED AND CUT HIS RIGHT RING FINGER.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Rock fell from high-wall and busted into several pieces and one piece struck employee in back side of right arm just above the elbow resulting in laceration and subsequent stitches.

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 Taft Coal Sales & Associates Incorporated's numeric MSHA operator ID.