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Moore Vernoy controller

MSHA controller ID: C00227

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Fatalities
3
Total incidents
178
Mines on record
4
Years on record
1983–1991

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Incident timeline

1991
12 (2f)
1990
31 (1f)
1989
22
1988
20
1987
21
1986
18
1985
14
1984
34
1983
6

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

3 recorded
April 23, 1991 KY · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Bullion Hollow Mining Company Inc · Struck by falling object

WHILE DOING PILLAR RECOVERY WORK THE VICTIM WAS WAS RUNNING A REMOTE CONTINUOUS MINER WHEN A PIECE OF THE ROOF APPROX. 30 INCHX 18 FT WIDE X 80 FT LONG SLABBED OUT CATCHING THE VICTIM UNDER IT AND CAUSING IMMEDICATED DEATH THE MINER WAS ALSO COVERED UP.

April 23, 1991 KY · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Bullion Hollow Mining Company Inc · Struck by falling object

WHILE DOING PILLAR RECOVERY WORK THE VICTIM WAS HELPING ON A REMOTE CONTINUOUS MINER WHEN A PIECE OF THE ROOF APPROX. 30 INCH THICK X 18 FT LONG SLABBED OUT CATCHING THE ICTIM UNDER IT AND CAU SING IMMEDICATE DEATH. THE CONTINUOUS MINER WAS ALSO COVERED UP.

February 1, 1990 VA · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss Fatality · MACHINERY
Bullion Hollow Enterprises Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THE VICTIM WAS TRAMMING A CONTINIOUS MIENR FROM NO. 8 TO NO. 9 HEADING USING A REMOTE CONTROL BOX, WHICH WAS PLACED ON THE MINER, THE MAN WAS THEN CAUGHT BETWEEN THE MIENR AND RIB KILLING THE MAN, THE MINER CAN ALSO BE TRAMMED OUT OF THE DOCK. AN AMENDMENT WAS INCLUDED IN THE ROOF CONTROL PLAN AT B.H.E.