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Bobby Joe Hensley controller

MSHA controller ID: C07551

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Fatalities
3
Total incidents
38
Mines on record
9
Years on record
1983–1994

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Incident timeline

1994
2 (2f)
1993
5
1992
6
1991
5
1990
4
1989
2
1988
3
1986
9
1984
1 (1f)
1983
1

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

3 recorded
May 11, 1994 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) Fatality · IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
Day Branch Coal Company Inc · Struck by concussion

AN EXPLOSION OCCURED IN AN ABANDON PANEL WHERE TWO WORKERS WERE TRANSPORTING BLOCK IN AN S&S SCOOP. THE TWO WERE KILLED AS THE RESULT OF THE EXPLOSION. THE TWO WERE BURNED AND IN AN ATOSPHERE OF CO CARBON MONOXIDE. THEY WERE FOUND APPROX. 12-13 X CUTS INTO THE PANEL. ONE FOUND IN SCOOP BUCKET AND THE OTHER APPROX 10 FEET FROM SCOOP. THE PRESSURE FROM THE EXPLOSIVE HAD BLOWN OUT

May 11, 1994 KY · Coal scoop car operator Fatality · IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
Day Branch Coal Company Inc · Struck by concussion

AN EXPLOSION OCCURED IN AN ABANDON PANEL WHERE TWO WORKERS WERE TRANSPORTING BLOCK IN AN S&S SCOOP. THE TWO WERE KILLED AS THE RESULT OF THE EXPLOSION. THE TWO WERE BURNED AND IN AN ATOSPHERE OF CO CARBON MONOXIDE. THEY WERE FOUND APPROX. 12-13 X CUTS INTO THE PANEL. ONE FOUND IN SCOOP BUCKET AND THE OTHER APPROX 10 FEET FROM SCOOP. THE PRESSURE FROM THE EXPLOSIVE HAD BLOWN OUT