Mining Incidents

Swiney Randy E & George Emitt controller

MSHA controller ID: C12530

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
1
Mines on record
1
Years on record
1987

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1987
1 (1f)

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Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

1 recorded
September 15, 1987 KY · Coal outside foreman, leadman Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
G & R S Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THE VICTIM WAS 7RAMMING A CAT. MODEL 966C FRONTEND LOADER FROM THE NEWLY CONSTRUCTED E-3 MINE SIGHT TO POTTER MINING CO SHOP FACILITY LOCATED 295 MILES AWAY. AFTER HAVING TRAVELED 8 MILES ALON G THE ELEVATED 9OADWAY, THE FRONTEND LEFT THE ROADWAY AND TRAVELED OVER THE OUTER EDGE OF THE ROADWAY, OVERTURNING ONTO ITS RIGHT SIDE. FRONTEND SLID DOWN THE EMBANKEMENT AND CAME TO REST AFT