2008 Fatalgrams and Fatal Investigation Reports Coal Mines
"Fatality Overviews"... If a report has an overview, the button to that report will indicate so. These reports are offered in Microsoft's PowerPoint ® or PDF. You will need Adobe's PDF Reader. If you need more information on this, see this page.
"Fatality Overviews", slide shows regarding fatal accidents, are another part of the Mine Safety and Health Administration's program to share information with the mining community. We encourage you to share these presentations with your supervisors and miners to assist your efforts to prevent similar accidents.
Accident Classifications - definitions of accident classifications found on this web site.
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Fatalities to Date for 2008: 19
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Fatality #1 - January 8, 2008 |
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Powered Haulage - Surface - Kentucky Cumberland River Coal Company - Blue Ridge Surface Mine |
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Fatality #2 - January 12, 2008 |
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Fall of Face, Rib or Highwall - Surface - Texas Luminant Mining Company LLC d/b/a Luminant Mining - Sulphur Springs Strip |
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Fatality #3 - February 1, 2008 |
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Machinery - Surface - Alabama Reed Minerals, Inc. - Jap Creek Mine |
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Fatality #4 - February 18, 2008 |
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Electrical - Facility - Pennsylvania Consolidation Coal Company - Consolidation Coal Co 14-N Impoundment |
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Fatality #5 - February 25, 2008 |
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Powered Haulage - Underground - Pennsylvania AMFIRE Mining Company LLC - Nolo |
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Fatality #6 - March 12, 2008 |
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Machinery - Mill/Prep Plant - West Virginia Appalachian Fuels, LLC - Alloy Prep Plant #1 |
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Fatality #7 - April 18, 2008 |
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Machinery - Underground - Pennsylvania Rosebud Mining Company - Little Toby Mine |
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Fatality #8 - April 22, 2008 |
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Fall of Roof or Back - Underground - Virginia Osaka Mining Corporation - Mine No. 1 |
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Fatality #9 - May 16, 2008 |
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Electrical - Underground - West Virginia Aracoma Coal Company, Inc. - Aracoma Alma Mine #1 |
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Fatality #10 - May 22, 2008 |
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Powered Haulage - Underground - Alabama Oak Grove Resources, LLC - Oak Grove Mine |
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Fatality #11 - May 30, 2008 |
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Powered Haulage - Underground - West Virginia Wolf Run Mining Company - Sentinel Mine |
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Fatality #12 - June 3, 2008 |
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Fall of Roof or Back - Underground - Indiana Gibson County Coal, LLC - Gibson Mine |
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Fatality #13 - June 3, 2008 |
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Machinery - Open Pit - Kentucky Premier Elkhorn Coal Company - Job #49 |
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Fatality #14 - June 5, 2008 |
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Powered Haulage - Underground - West Virginia Consolidation Coal Company - Robinson Run No 95
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Fatality #15 - June 16, 2008 |
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Fall of Roof or Back - Underground - Pennsylvania Uae Coalcorp Associates - Harmony Mine
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Fatality #16 - July 11, 2008 |
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Machinery - Underground - Pennsylvania AMFIRE Mining Company LLC - Nolo
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Fatality #17 - July 17, 2008 (Victim Died 07/25/2008) |
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Powered Haulage - Underground - Kentucky Century Operations LLC - Butchers Branch
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Fatality #18 - July 25, 2008 |
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Fall of Roof or Back - Underground - Virginia Consolidation Coal Company - Buchanan Mine #1 |
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Fatality #19 - August 22, 2008 |
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Powered Haulage - Underground - West Virginia Bluestone Coal Corporation - No 6 Strip |
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