Employee was cutting a metal band on a bundle of rib screen. When the band broke, the screen expanded and fell on his chest, pinning him between the screen and the Wagner scoop. The screen was lifted off the victim with a skid steer and no pulse was found. The victim was transported to hospital.
Oxbow Mining, LLC operator
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Oxbow Carbon LLC
MSHA operator ID: P23241
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- Fatalities
- 2
- Total incidents
- 355
- Mines on record
- 3
- Years on record
- 2000–2015
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
4,650
citations
834
significant & substantial
$3,584,475
proposed penalties
$2,721,002
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 1 fatality · 94 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 1 fatality · 26 non-fatal
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 69 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 59 non-fatal
- FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL 34 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 22 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2015
1
2014
1
2013
5
2012
15
2011
16
2010
12
2009
17
2008
31
2007
18 (1f)
2006
23
2005
23
2004
30
2003
36
2002
67
2001
28
2000
32 (1f)
Mines on record
Fatalities under this operator
2 recorded
January 6, 2007
CO · Coal
utility man, errand boy, service truck operator
Fatality · HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Oxbow Mining, LLC
· Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
December 4, 2000
CO · Coal
longwall operator, chock operator, shear operator, plow operator
Fatality · MACHINERY
Oxbow Mining, LLC
· Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
OPERATING SHEARER IN TAILGATE, FLIPPED COWL HEADING TO HEADGATE WHEN FITTING BROKE ON BACK FLUSHFILTER AT SHEILD 74. THE HOSE WITH ALL FITTINGS WHIPPED OUT TO FACE AND HIT VICTIM AT SHIELD 76. THE 4,2000 PSI HOSE WITH COUPLER ON THE END HIT VICTIM IN THE FACE RESULTING IN BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA TO FACE AND HEAD.