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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.
1997-2019 INTRODUCTION This study is being conducted on all fatal - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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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
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FATALITIES PER YEAR (1972-1996)
10 20 30 40 50 60 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
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7 6 9 9 13 6 9 12 4 25* 10 9 3 35* 6 7 6 5 2 3 8 4 1 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 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 YEAR (1997-2019)
(*) Sago occurred in 2006 (*) UBB occurred in 2010
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FATALITIES PER MONTH
5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45
27** 21 16 41** 13 8 14 11 10 17 9 12
January February March April May June July August September October November December (*) Sago occurred in January (**) UBB occurred in April
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FATALITIES PER DAY OF WEEK
10 20 30 40 50 60 70 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
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24% OF A.M. FATALITIES OCCURRED BETWEEN 6AM AND 7AM
5% 9% 3% 3% 6% 7%
24%
9% 5% 3% 13% 13%
12:00AM-12:59AM 1:00AM - 1:59AM 2:00AM - 2:59AM
3:00AM - 3:59AM
4:00AM - 4:59AM 5:00AM - 5:59AM 6:00AM - 6:59AM 7:00AM - 7:59AM 8:00AM - 8:59AM 9:00AM - 9:59AM 10:00AM - 10:59AM 11:00AM -11:59AM
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13% 6% 12%
28%
6% 5% 5% 4% 8% 5% 2% 6%
12:00PM - 12:59PM 1:00PM - 1:59PM 2:00PM - 2:59PM 3:00PM - 3:59PM 4:00PM - 4:59PM 5:00PM - 5:59PM 6:00PM - 6:59PM 7:00PM - 7:59PM 8:00PM - 8:59PM 9:00PM - 9:59PM 10:00PM - 10:59PM 11:00PM - 11:59PM
28% OF P.M. FATALITIES OCCURRED BETWEEN 3PM AND 4PM
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FATALITIES PER SHIFT
125* 47 28
Shift
Day Evening Midnight
(*) Sago and UBB occurred on the Day Shift
Day 8am-4pm |Evening 4pm-12am | Midnight 12am-8am
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13 2 1 5 2 5 11 4 1 1 3 13 9 1 9 9 29 1 2 42 1 17 5 7 2 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
FATALITIES PER REGION AND COUNTY
(*) Sago occurred in Upshur (**) UBB occurred in Raleigh
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7 1 2 6 1 1 3 2 10 2 4 20 2 1 39* 6 4 1 16 3 1 1 5 1 4 12* 1 6 2 3 3 1 2 1 1 1 Sewell Upper Cedar Grove Winifrede Coalburg Lower Cambells Creek Pocahontas #11 Clarion Peerless Pocahontas #3 Stockton
- No. 2 Gas
Multiple Seams Sewell A Redstone Eagle Pocahontas #6 Lower Kittanning Lower Winifrede Pittsburgh Upper Freeport Beckley Glen Alum Alma Lower Cedar Grove Fire Creek Middle Kittanning Upper Mercer Powellton Chilton Lower War Eagle Sewickley Douglas Hernshaw 5 Block Pocahontas #12 Dorothy 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45
Seam Name
Number of Fatalities
FATALITIES PER COAL SEAM
*UBB occurred at the Eagle Seam *Sago occurred at the Middle Kittanning Seam
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38
18 96
48" & Under Both 49" & Up
FATALITIES PER SEAM HEIGHT
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WORKER FATALITIES
27% 73%
Union/Union-Free Union Union-Free
*UMWA
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100% are Male
Male Female
FATALITIES PER GENDER
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27 44 59 55 12
18-30 31-40 41-50 51-60 61+
Age of Victim
54% OF MINE FATALITY VICTIMS ARE BETWEEN THE AGES OF 41 AND 50
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10 20 30 40 50 60 0-5 Years 5-10 Years 10-15 Years 15-20 Years 20-30 Years 30+ Years
FATALITIES PER MINE EXPERIENCE
FATALITIES DO NOT DISCRIMINATE
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140
22 36
Underground Prep Plants, Etc. Surface Quarry
THE MAJORITY OF MINE FATALITIES OCCUR UNDERGROUND
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76% 24%
Inby/Outby Outby Inby
SEVENTY-SIX PERCENT OF UNDERGROUND MINE FATALITIES ARE LOCATED INBY.
Outby – Dumping point to outside Inby – Dumping point to face
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5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50
Roof/Rib/Wall Fall Explosion * Fire Electrical Mobile Equipment Underground Machine Outburst Entrapment Drowning Innundation Slip/Fall of Person Other
Causes of Fatalities
* 29 miners died from the explosion at UBB * 12 miners died from the explosion at Sago
LEADING CAUSE OF MINING FATALITIES
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44 155
Roof, Wall or Rib Falls Other Factors
ROOF, WALL OR RIB FALL FATALITIES
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50 100 150 Mine Size
55 144
51+ 0-50
FATALITIES PER MINE SIZE
(NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES)
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5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 *Continuous Miner Operator Roof Bolter Operator Electrician Foreman General Labor Shuttle Car Operator Scoop Operator Mobile Bridge Operator Motorman/Supp lyman Truck Driver Surface Machinery Operator Other Maintenance Other
FATALITIES PER OCCUPATION
*CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR IS THE LEADING OCCUPATION FOR FATALITIES
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Supervisor 15% Non Supervisor 85%
FOURTEEN PERCENT OF FATALITIES ARE SUPERVISORS
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20% 80%
Fatalities
Independent Contractors Employed by Mining Company