Mining Incidents

Clyde H McComas; Ollie BurnsController

MSHA Controller ID: 0040533
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
29
Mines on record
3
Period

Top causes

  • MACHINERY1 fatality · 8 non-fatal
  • HANDLING OF MATERIALS6 non-fatal
  • POWERED HAULAGE4 non-fatal
  • NO VALUE FOUND3 non-fatal
  • SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON2 non-fatal
  • ELECTRICAL1 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2007
2
2006
4
2005
5
2004
4
2003
6
2002
8 (1f)

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

1 recorded
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO MOVE A CONT MINER DOWN #5 ENTRY, WATCHING THE SLACK ON THE CABLE. THE MINER TRAMMED OVER AN 8 TO 10 INCH LEDGE IN THE BOTTOM, CAUSING THE MINER BOOM TO SUDDENLY FLY UPWARDS, STRIKING THE ROOF AND CRUSHING THE VICTIM'S HEAD, HE HAD BEEN INSTRUCTED TO STAY BACK AND WATCH THE CABLE SLACK AND TO STAY AWAY FROM THE MINER AND MINER BOOM.