Employee was last observed as employee began to ascend an extension ladder. There is no eye witness, it is apparent the employee fell approximately 20ft. onto a moving conveyor belt and was fatally injured.
James C Justice II controller
MSHA controller ID: C04355
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- Fatalities
- 3
- Total incidents
- 605
- Mines on record
- 78
- Years on record
- 2000–2017
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
13,071
citations
4,519
significant & substantial
$14,283,335
proposed penalties
$7,777,234
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- POWERED HAULAGE 2 fatalities · 87 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 1 fatality · 135 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 122 non-fatal
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 78 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 67 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 53 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2017
6 (1f)
2016
17
2015
9
2014
15
2013
53
2012
50
2011
110
2010
79
2009
80
2008
53 (1f)
2007
24
2006
17 (1f)
2005
23
2004
26
2003
10
2002
10
2001
13
2000
10
Operators under this controller
- Kentucky Fuel Corporation 70
- Liggett Mining LLC 67
- Bluestone Coal Corporation 60
- A & G Coal Corporation 57
- Nine Mile Mining, Inc. 47
- Infinity Energy Incorporated 43
- Premium Coal Company,Inc. 36
- Dynamic Energy Inc 35
- Virginia Fuels Corporation 31
- S & H Mining, Inc. 30
- Double Bonus Coal Company 28
- Keystone Service Industries Inc 24
- Justice Highwall Mining Inc 16
- Chestnut Land Holdings, LLC 11
- Black River Coal, LLC 9
- Frontier Coal Company, Inc. 7
- Sequoia Energy LLC 7
- Four Corners Corp 5
- Four Star Resources LLC 5
- Pay Car Mining Inc 5
- Bardo Mining LLC 4
- Justice Energy Inc 2
- M & P Services, Inc. 2
- NuFac Mining Company, Inc. 2
- Orchard Coal Company Incorporated 1
- Walnut Coal Corporation 1
Mines on record
- Double Camp No. 1 WV
- No 58 WV
- Bishop Impoundment Area WV
- McDonald Fork Impoundment WV
- Coal Mountain No 1 Surface WV
- Bent Mountain Surface Mine #2 KY
- AG4 Sawmill Hollow #2 VA
- WV-3 Surface Mine WV
- Jones Fork Plant KY
- Strip #12 VA
- Beech Creek Surface Mine #2 KY
- Nine Mile #1 VA
- Preacher Creek Strip VA
- VFC-Washer VA
- ADDCAR #2 WV
- Bevins Branch Surface Mine #2 KY
- Wilson #2 Mine VA
- Paragon Loadout VA
- WAR CREEK NO. 1 VA
- Roaring Fork #2 VA
- Strip #14 VA
- Prep Plant #2 VA
- No. 9 Mine KY
- Infinity Surface Mine #2 KY
- Prep Plant KY
- Liggett #8 KY
- Harlan Strip #1 KY
- S & H # 10 TN
- Wilson Deep Mine #1 VA
- VFC-Louder Creek E, F, G, H KY
- HWM MS0002 KY
- Strip #26 VA
- Yellow Mtn Surface Mine #1 KY
- Strip #13 VA
- Liggett #3 KY
- No 1 Strip VA
- #2 VA
- Mine No. 14 TN
- Liggett #7 KY
- Darby Road Mine #1 VA
- Jones Fork E-3 KY
- Baldwin Plant TN
- Bull Creek Surface Mine #1 KY
- Infinity #4 KY
- Mine No. 7 TN
- Premium #5 Deep Mine TN
- Infinity Surface Mine #3 KY
- No. 1 Surface Mine KY
- Prep Plant #1 VA
- Tn mine 20 TN
- Kentucky River Surface Mine KY
- Baden #1 VA
- Pine Mountain Prep Plant KY
- Sigmon Strip #23 VA
- Briceville Plant TN
- ADDCAR SYSTEM 16 NM
- Liggett #5 KY
- Strip #8 VA
- Strip #24 VA
- Keystone No 1 Preparation Plant WV
- Infinity Surface Mine #1 KY
- Buckeye Mine WV
- No 65 WV
- Liggett #6 KY
- Red Fox Surface Mine WV
- No. 2 Contour & Auger WV
- No 3 Miner WV
- Red Fox Load-Out WV
- No 1 Miner WV
- No 2 Miner WV
- No.32 WV
- Bardo #1 KY
- No 34 Mine WV
- Liggett #4A KY
- No. 39 Mine WV
- Tams No.1 Surface Mine WV
- Orchard Loadout WV
- No. 50 Mine WV
Fatalities under this controller
3 recorded
February 27, 2017
WV · Coal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
Fatality · SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Chestnut Land Holdings, LLC
· Fall from ladders
August 22, 2008
WV · Coal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Double Bonus Coal Company
· Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
For reasons unknown at this time, the victim came out of the truck and was run over by the truck.
October 30, 2006
WV · Coal
shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator
Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Double Bonus Coal Company
· Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Employee was observing the mechanic working on a shuttle car. It was revealed during the accident investigation, that the mechanic pressed the tram pedal, causing the shuttle car to inadvertently move. The shuttle car crushed the employee between the shuttle car and the rib.