Big Laurel Mining Corporation
· Struck by rolling or sliding object
The individual was struck by a rib roll measuring approximately 20' long X 2' thick X 4 1/2' wide causing crushing injuries.
Cumberland Resources Corporation controller
MSHA controller ID: C07082
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- Fatalities
- 5
- Total incidents
- 1208
- Mines on record
- 30
- Years on record
- 2000–2010
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
12,546
citations
4,208
significant & substantial
$7,455,381
proposed penalties
$5,572,401
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 3 fatalities · 272 non-fatal
- FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL 1 fatality · 67 non-fatal
- ELECTRICAL 1 fatality · 3 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 237 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 120 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 85 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2010
49
2009
170 (1f)
2008
165 (1f)
2007
131
2006
137
2005
99 (2f)
2004
87
2003
85 (1f)
2002
77
Operators under this controller
- Stillhouse Mining, LLC 157
- North Fork Coal Corporation 137
- Panther Mining LLC 126
- Cave Spur Coal LLC 109
- Bluff Spur Coal Corporation 102
- Cloverlick Coal Company LLC 102
- Mill Branch Coal Corporation 62
- Dorchester Enterprises, Inc. 46
- Big Laurel Mining Corporation 38
- Guest Mountain Mining Corporation 36
- Meadow Branch Mining Corporation 33
- Osaka Mining Corporation 22
- Exeter Coal Corporation 19
- Pigeon Creek Processing Corporation 9
- High Splint Coal Llc 2
Mines on record
- PIGEON CREEK VA
- Low Splint A Mine VA
- OSAKA VA
- Mine No 4 KY
- Cloverlick # 1A KY
- Jarisa Cave Spur Mine KY
- D-8 Cloverlick KY
- CVB No 1 KY
- PANTHER MINE KY
- Mine No 5 KY
- Guest Mtn. No. 5 VA
- Looney Creek Taggart Mine VA
- Panther Mine #4a KY
- Looney Creek Marker Mine VA
- D-10 Dorchester VA
- D-14 Stillhouse KY
- NORTH FORK #6 VA
- Mine No 4 VA
- Bluff Spur Mine VA
- Marker Portal Mine VA
- Mine No. 3 VA
- Mine No 3 VA
- Mine No. 1 VA
- Low Splint No 1 Mine VA
- Mine No. 2 VA
- Mine No 1 VA
- Highsplint KY
- Mine No 2 VA
Fatalities under this controller
5 recorded
April 22, 2008
VA · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Osaka Mining Corporation
· Struck by falling object
The victim was positioned next to the continuous mining machine operator in the No. 7 Heading of the 1 North (about 95'inby S.S.#597). The final shuttle car was being loaded from the face of the place, when a piece of roof bolted rock measuring about 71" long X 39" X 18" thick fell, striking the victim. The injuries received from the occurance were fatal.
August 3, 2005
KY · Coal
laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Stillhouse Mining LLC
· Struck by falling object
Pillars were being mined on the mmu-003-0. Mining had been completed in a block and the continuous mining machine had been moved. The crew was in the process of moving the mobile roof supports from the area when a roof fall occurred int he intersection fatally injuring the victim.
August 3, 2005
KY · Coal
bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss
Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Stillhouse Mining LLC
· Struck by falling object
Pillar were being mined on the MMU 003-0. Mining had been completed in a block and the continous miner had been moved. The crew was in the process of moving the mobile roof supports from the area when a roof fall occurred in the intersection fatally injuring the vicitm.
January 21, 2003
VA · Coal
laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
Fatality · ELECTRICAL
Dorchester Enterprises, Inc.
· Contact with electrical current
THE VICTIM WAS ELECTROCUTED NEAR THE FACE OF NO.8 ENTRY OF THE 001-0 MMU WHILE INSTALLING SUPPLEMENTAL ROOF SUPPORTS. WHEN ANOTHER WORKER FINISHED CUTTING A STEEL BEAM WITH A TORCH, AN ENERGIZ ED TRAILING CABLE WAS DAMAGED CAUSING THE BEAM & TRAILER ON WHICH IT RESTED TO BECOME ENERGIZED. THE VICTIM THEN CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE TRAILER, RESULTING IN ELECTROCUTION.