Tuesday, August 28, 2007

Fatalities to Date for 2007: 17

Fatalities to Date for 2007: 17
Last Updated: 08/19/2007
Fatality #1 - January 6, 2007
Handling Material - Underground - Colorado
Oxbow Mining, LLC - Elk Creek Mine

Fatalities #2 & #3 - January 13, 2007
Fall of Roof - Underground - West Virginia
Brooks Run Mining Company LLC - Cucumber Mine

Fatality #4 - March 12, 2007
Machinery - Surface - Kentucky
Double E Augering Inc - No. 3

Fatality #7 - April 5, 2007
Victim Died April 28, 2007 - Determined to be Chargeable

May 29, 2007
Stepping or Kneeling on Object - Underground -
Pennsylvania
Eighty Four Mining Company - Mine 84

Fatalities #5 & #6 - April 17, 2007
Fall of Highwall - Surface -
Maryland
Tri-Star Mining Inc - Job #3

Fatality #8 - July 2, 2007
Powered Haulage - Surface -
Alabama
Twin Pines Coal Company Inc - Mine #2

Fatality #9 - July 16, 2007
Explosives and Breaking Agents - Surface -
Kentucky
CAM Mining LLC - Three Mile Mine #1

Fatality #10 - July 30, 2007
Slip or Fall of Person - Other -
Alabama
Jim Walter Resources, Inc. - No. 3 Mine

Fatality #11 - August 4, 2007
Machinery - Underground -
West Virginia
Rockhouse Creek Development, LLC - No. 8

Fatality #12 - #14 August 10, 2007
Slip or Fall of Persons - Underground -
Indiana
Gibson County Coal, LLC - Gibson Mine

Fatality #15 - #17 August 16, 2007
Fall of Face or Rib - Underground -
Utah
Genwal Resources Inc. - Crandall Canyon Mine