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Canyon Fuel Company LLCOperator

Controlled by Wolverine Fuels LLC
MSHA Operator ID: P23684
Fatalities
3
Total incidents
546
Mines on record
4
Period
—
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Top causes

  • MACHINERY1 fatality · 65 non-fatal
  • POWERED HAULAGE1 fatality · 28 non-fatal
  • OTHER1 fatality · 7 non-fatal
  • HANDLING OF MATERIALS135 non-fatal
  • FALL OF ROOF OR BACK93 non-fatal
  • SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON64 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2026
4
2025
25
2024
13
2023
14
2022
30
2021
22
2020
39
2019
39
2018
25
2017
18
2016
11
2015
13
2014
7
2013
8
2012
10
2011
22
2010
9
2009
18
2008
27
2007
31
2006
30
2005
8
2004
15 (1f)
2003
34
2002
20
2001
27
2000
27 (2f)

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

3 recorded
Canyon Fuel Company LLC
Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

VICTIM WAS HELPING MOVE AN IRON-BOUND SHIELD ON THE 3LPE LONGWALL FACE. CHAIN SLINGS WERE CONFIGURED TO ATTACH THE IRON BOUND SHIELD TO THE CONVEYER. THE VICTIM GOT ONTO THE IRON-BOUND SHIELD AND ATTEMPTED TO OPERATE A FUNCTION. AS PRESSUREWAS APPLIED, A HOOK ON THE CHAIN ASSEMBLY FAILED, AND THE CHAIN SLING ASSEMBLY HIT THE VICTIM. MASSIVE HEAD TRAUMA AND FRACTURED NECK.

Canyon Fuel Company LLC
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THE OFF-STANDARD CAR OPERATOR IN THE 7 LEFT SECTION WAS FOUND FATALLY INJURED, PINNED BETWEEN THE CAR CANOPY AND THE RIB. THE CAR WAS STOPPED AT THE FEEDER BREAKER FOR THE SECTION. AN INVESTIG ATION IS UNDERWAY TO DETERMINE FURTHER INFORMATION.

Canyon Fuel Company LLC
Drowning

INDIVIDUAL WAS FOUND DEAD IN SUMP.