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2012
Preliminary Accident Reports, 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.

Please Note: Since June 2010, MSHA is posting preliminary reports of accidents. These are a preliminary report of a reported mine fatality that occurred. These reports are subject to change as the accident is investigated and will be updated as NEW INFORMATION becomes available.

Fatalities to Date for 2012: 8 Last Updated: 5/17/2012

Fatality #1 - January 11, 2012
(Victim Died January 18, 2012)
Exploding Vessels Under Pressure - Underground Mine - Virginia
Consolidation Coal Company, Buchannan Mine #1

Fatality #2 - February 26, 2012
Other (Drowning) - Facility - Kentucky
SCH Terminal Co., Inc. - Calvert City Terminal LLC

Fatality #3 - March 3, 2012
Handling Materials - Underground - Kentucky
Partin Brothers Contracting, Inc. - Timber Tree #9 Mine

Fatality #4 - March 10, 2012
Fall of Face/Rib/Highwall - Underground - West Virginia
Kingston Mining, Inc. - Kingston N0. 2 Mine

Fatality #5 - March 17, 2012
Machinery - Surface - Ohio
Ohio American Energy, Inc. - Salt Run #1 Mine

Fatality #6 - March 23, 2012
Electrical - Underground - Alabama
Drummond Mining Company - Shoal Creek Mine

Fatality #7 - April 25, 2012
Slip/Fall of Person - Surface of an Underground - Kentucky
McCoy Elkhorn Coal Corp. - KC #1

Fatality #8 - May 17, 2012
Slip/Fall of Person - Facility at Surface - West Virginia
Independence Coal Company Inc. - Liberty Processing