West Virginia Fatal Summary Report 1997-2019
INTRODUCTION This study is being conducted on all fatal incidents that have occurred in West Virginia between 1997 and 2019. The results concluded that 199 fatalities occurred with a total of 3,209 years of mining experience lost.
FATALITIES PER YEAR (1972-1996) 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
FATALITIES PER YEAR (1997-2019) 40 (*) Sago occurred in 2006 (*) UBB occurred in 2010 35* 35 30 25* 25 20 15 13 12 10 10 9 9 9 9 8 7 7 6 6 6 6 5 5 4 4 3 3 2 1 0 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
FATALITIES PER MONTH 45 41** 40 35 27** 30 25 21 17 20 16 14 13 12 15 11 10 9 8 10 5 0 January February March April May June July August September October November December (*) Sago occurred in January (**) UBB occurred in April
FATALITIES PER DAY OF WEEK 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
24% OF A.M. FATALITIES OCCURRED BETWEEN 6AM AND 7AM 12:00AM-12:59AM 5% 1:00AM - 1:59AM 13% 9% 2:00AM - 2:59AM 3% 3:00AM - 3:59AM 3% 4:00AM - 4:59AM 13% 6% 5:00AM - 5:59AM 6:00AM - 6:59AM 3% 7% 7:00AM - 7:59AM 5% 8:00AM - 8:59AM 9% 9:00AM - 9:59AM 24% 10:00AM - 10:59AM 11:00AM -11:59AM
28% OF P.M. FATALITIES OCCURRED BETWEEN 3PM AND 4PM 12:00PM - 12:59PM 5% 5% 4% 6% 1:00PM - 1:59PM 2:00PM - 2:59PM 8% 3:00PM - 3:59PM 5% 4:00PM - 4:59PM 28% 2% 5:00PM - 5:59PM 6:00PM - 6:59PM 6% 7:00PM - 7:59PM 8:00PM - 8:59PM 13% 9:00PM - 9:59PM 12% 6% 10:00PM - 10:59PM 11:00PM - 11:59PM
FATALITIES PER SHIFT Shift 125* 47 28 Day Evening Midnight Day 8am-4pm |Evening 4pm-12am | Midnight 12am-8am (*) Sago and UBB occurred on the Day Shift
FATALITIES PER REGION AND COUNTY 42 29 17 13 13 11 9 9 9 7 5 5 5 4 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 Upshur Tucker Taylor Randolph Preston Monogailia Marshall Marion Harrison Brooke Bereckley Barbour Wyoming McDowell Wayne Mingo Logan Boone Mercer Webster Raleigh Nicholas Kanawha Greenbier Fayette Clay Region 1 Region 2 Region 3 Region 4 Westover Welch Danville Oak Hill (*) Sago occurred in Upshur (**) UBB occurred in Raleigh
Number of Fatalities 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 0 5 Sewell 7 Upper Cedar Grove 1 Winifrede 2 Coalburg 6 FATALITIES PER COAL SEAM Lower Cambells Creek 1 Pocahontas #11 1 Clarion 3 Peerless 2 10 Pocahontas #3 Stockton 2 No. 2 Gas 4 20 Multiple Seams Sewell A 2 Redstone 1 39* Eagle Pocahontas #6 6 Seam Name Lower Kittanning 4 Lower Winifrede 1 16 Pittsburgh Upper Freeport 3 Beckley 1 Glen Alum 1 Alma 5 Lower Cedar Grove 1 *Sago occurred at the Middle Kittanning Seam *UBB occurred at the Eagle Seam Fire Creek 4 12* Middle Kittanning Upper Mercer 1 Powellton 6 Chilton 2 Lower War Eagle 3 Sewickley 3 Douglas 1 Hernshaw 2 5 Block 1 Pocahontas #12 1 Dorothy 1
FATALITIES PER SEAM HEIGHT 48" & Under Both 49" & Up 96 18 38
WORKER FATALITIES Union Union-Free Union/Union-Free 27% 73% *UMWA
FATALITIES PER GENDER 100% are Male Male Female
54% OF MINE FATALITY VICTIMS ARE BETWEEN THE AGES OF 41 AND 50 Age of Victim 59 55 44 27 12 18-30 31-40 41-50 51-60 61+
FATALITIES PER MINE EXPERIENCE FATALITIES DO NOT DISCRIMINATE 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 0-5 Years 5-10 Years 10-15 Years 15-20 Years 20-30 Years 30+ Years
THE MAJORITY OF MINE FATALITIES OCCUR UNDERGROUND Underground 140 Prep Plants, Etc. Surface Quarry 36 22
SEVENTY-SIX PERCENT OF UNDERGROUND MINE FATALITIES ARE LOCATED INBY. Outby Inby 24% Inby/Outby 76% Outby – Dumping point to outside Inby – Dumping point to face
LEADING CAUSE OF MINING FATALITIES Causes of Fatalities 50 45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 Roof/Rib/Wall Fall Explosion * Fire Electrical Mobile Equipment Underground Machine Outburst Entrapment Drowning Innundation Slip/Fall of Person Other * 29 miners died from the explosion at UBB * 12 miners died from the explosion at Sago
ROOF, WALL OR RIB FALL FATALITIES 155 44 Roof, Wall or Rib Falls Other Factors
FATALITIES PER MINE SIZE (NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES) 144 Mine Size 55 0 50 100 150 51+ 0-50
10 15 20 25 30 35 40 0 5 *Continuous Miner Operator *CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR IS THE LEADING OCCUPATION FOR Roof Bolter Operator FATALITIES PER OCCUPATION Electrician Foreman General Labor Shuttle Car Operator FATALITIES Scoop Operator Mobile Bridge Operator Motorman/Supp lyman Truck Driver Surface Machinery Operator Other Maintenance Other
FOURTEEN PERCENT OF FATALITIES ARE SUPERVISORS Supervisor 15% Non Supervisor 85%
INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS ACCOUNT FOR 20% OF FATALITIES Independent Contractors Fatalities Employed by Mining Company 20% 80%
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