INJ WAS COVERED UP IN ROCK FALL.MASSIVE ROOF FALL OCCURRED ON CONT MINING MACHINE DURING PILLAR RECOVERY ON 004-0 MMU...CONT MINER OPER ESCAPED UNINJURED AS RESULT OF CANOPY INSTALLED OVER OPE RATORS COMPARTMENT
James L Griffith et al controller
MSHA controller ID: C02560
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Top causes
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 1 fatality · 21 non-fatal
- ELECTRICAL 1 fatality · 1 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 32 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 25 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 15 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 10 non-fatal
Incident timeline
1993
18
1992
16
1991
23
1990
38 (1f)
1989
7
1988
3
1987
3
1986
3
1985
4 (1f)
1984
4
Operators under this controller
Mines on record
- Pond Creek No 2 KY
- No 2 Mine KY
- No 1 KY
- Mine C-22 KY
- No 1 KY
- No C-1 KY
- Bear Branch Mine KY
- No 609 Mine KY
- No E-1 Mine KY
- No 5 2 (D) KY
- No 6 4 (D) KY
Fatalities under this controller
2 recorded
December 31, 1990
KY · Coal
continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman
Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Cpg Inc · Struck by falling object
B J D Coal Company Inc · Contact with electrical current
SUBJECT HAD WATERED THE BATTERIES AND THEN WAS ENERGING THE CIRCUIT OF THE CHARGER AND CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE HOIST BATTERY CRADLE BATTERY CASES AND CHARGER SWITCH BOX WHICH APPARENTLY HAD BECOME ENERGIZED
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