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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

Top causes

IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST 2 fatalities
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 1 fatality · 8 non-fatal
HANDLING OF MATERIALS 7 non-fatal
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 6 non-fatal
POWERED HAULAGE 6 non-fatal
MACHINERY 4 non-fatal

Incident timeline

1994

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1984

1 (1f)

1983

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

April 5, 1984 KY · Coal superintendent Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Hensley Brothers Mining Inc · Struck by falling object

ROOF FALL. A ROCK FELL STRIKING THE SUPERINTENDENT ON THE HEAD KILLING HIM INSTANTLY.

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