Two New Fatalities Added to Count, One Dropped
MSHA has just added two more coal mine fatalities to its count for 2004, at the same time removing one that was originally listed in October.
Newly added:
Coal Fatality #26 - March 12, 2004 (Determined Chargeable 12/30/2004) -- Striking or Bumping - Surface - WV Simmons Fork Mining, Inc. - Paynter Branch Surface MineFurther details were not immediately available.
Coal Fatality #27 - December 2, 2004 (Determined Chargeable 12/30/2004) -- Falling, Rolling or Sliding Rock/Material - Surface - WV Catenary Coal Company - Samples Mine. William S. Woods was hit by a falling tree.
Subtracted:
Coal Fatality #22 - October 9, 2004
"Accident has been delisted as a chargeable fatality and is not included in MSHA's 2004 count. The delisting is based on medical evidence that the death resulted from natural causes. (12/30/2004)" The delisted incident occurred at Consolidation Coal Co., Shoemaker Mine, Marshall County, W.Va. MSHA's original preliminary report indicated that beltman Forrest Riley had been struck by the end of a bent pipe that penetrated through an opening in the operator's compartment of a battery-powered tractor that he was operating underground.
Deaths in the nation's mining industry officially stand at 52 for the year, 26 each in the coal and metal/nonmetal sectors. The industry appears poised possibly to improve on last year's historic low of 56 fatalities overall.
The previous record low fatality record for coal mining was 27, in 2002; for metal and nonmetal mining, the low of 26 was reached last year.
Additional fatalities may be under review. Reviews and minor adjustments in the MSHA fatality count are not uncommon, even after the end of a year.
For instance, MSHA on July 26 opened an investigation of a fatality at the Peabody Energy Colony Bay Surface Mine, Boone County, W.Va. According to the Charleston Gazette, Brian Castle was hit by a coal truck while driving his personal vehicle along a mine haul road on the way to work at a neighboring operation. MSHA has not added the incident to the count of mining fatalities.
Newly added:
Coal Fatality #26 - March 12, 2004 (Determined Chargeable 12/30/2004) -- Striking or Bumping - Surface - WV Simmons Fork Mining, Inc. - Paynter Branch Surface MineFurther details were not immediately available.
Coal Fatality #27 - December 2, 2004 (Determined Chargeable 12/30/2004) -- Falling, Rolling or Sliding Rock/Material - Surface - WV Catenary Coal Company - Samples Mine. William S. Woods was hit by a falling tree.
Subtracted:
Coal Fatality #22 - October 9, 2004
"Accident has been delisted as a chargeable fatality and is not included in MSHA's 2004 count. The delisting is based on medical evidence that the death resulted from natural causes. (12/30/2004)" The delisted incident occurred at Consolidation Coal Co., Shoemaker Mine, Marshall County, W.Va. MSHA's original preliminary report indicated that beltman Forrest Riley had been struck by the end of a bent pipe that penetrated through an opening in the operator's compartment of a battery-powered tractor that he was operating underground.
Deaths in the nation's mining industry officially stand at 52 for the year, 26 each in the coal and metal/nonmetal sectors. The industry appears poised possibly to improve on last year's historic low of 56 fatalities overall.
The previous record low fatality record for coal mining was 27, in 2002; for metal and nonmetal mining, the low of 26 was reached last year.
Additional fatalities may be under review. Reviews and minor adjustments in the MSHA fatality count are not uncommon, even after the end of a year.
For instance, MSHA on July 26 opened an investigation of a fatality at the Peabody Energy Colony Bay Surface Mine, Boone County, W.Va. According to the Charleston Gazette, Brian Castle was hit by a coal truck while driving his personal vehicle along a mine haul road on the way to work at a neighboring operation. MSHA has not added the incident to the count of mining fatalities.
posted by Kathy Snyder at 6:20 PM
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