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Smith Kenny L: 1 recorded fatality controller

MSHA controller ID: C01963

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Fatalities: 1
Total incidents: 18
Mines on record: 3
Years on record: 1983–1993

Top causes

FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 1 fatality · 6 non-fatal
HANDLING OF MATERIALS 5 non-fatal
FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL 2 non-fatal
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 2 non-fatal
DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS 1 non-fatal
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 1 non-fatal

Incident timeline

1993

1992

1991

5 (1f)

1990

1989

1987

1983

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

No 1 KY
No 6 KY
No 3 (D) KY

Fatalities under this controller

1 recorded

August 1, 1991 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Pecks Branch Mining Company Inc · Struck by falling object

ACCORDING TO MSHA OFFICALS,EMPLOYEE (NAME),CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR DID NOT FOLLOW ROOF CONTROL PLANS,CUT TO LARGE A CUT AND WHEN OTHER EMPLOYEES WENT IN TO SET TIMBERS DRAW ROCK FELL OUT FRO M BETWEEN THE BOLTS AND CAUGHT (NAME) FROM THE BACK CAUSING DEATH.

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Where Smith Kenny L stands on silica, penalties, and injury rate

MSHA's standard limits respirable silica to 50 micrograms per cubic metre, but MSHA publishes dust and quartz as separate files and never the silica figure itself. We derive it per sample, score it against the limit, and set the operator's injury rate against a benchmark built from the full MSHA operator record. With the 26-year penalty trail, contest posture, and fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.

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