EMPLOYEE HAD JUST FINISHED LUNCH. HE TOOK A COUPLE STEPS TOWARD HIS MOBILE BRIDGE CARRIER WHEN A FALL OF ROOF CAUSED FATAL INJURIES TO THE EMPLOYEE.
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- POWERED HAULAGE 3 fatalities · 97 non-fatal
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 1 fatality · 304 non-fatal
- ELECTRICAL 1 fatality · 6 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 244 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 120 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 81 non-fatal
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- Beech Grove Plant TN
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- No 63 KY
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- Robins Branch Impoundment KY
- #4 KY
- No 66 KY
- No 2 Plant KY
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- No. 68 KY
- Hamilton Tipple KY
- Cobra KY
- P-5A KY
- Kentucky River Loading KY
- No. 64 Plant KY
- No 8 KY
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- Pads Branch Prep Plant KY
- No 22 Mine KY
- Lyn Log No 13 KY
- No 49 Mine KY
- Manchester Complex KY
- No 58 Mine KY
- Number 12 KY
- Mine No 5 TN
- No 2 TN
- Leslie #4 KY
- 31 Prep Plant KY
- Katie No 1 Mine TN
- No 47 KY
- Sandhill KY
Fatalities under this controller
7 recordedTHE EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK BY LOADING OR HAULAGE MINING EQUIPMENT AS HE WAS CROSSING THE MINE ROAD. A CO-WORKER DISCOVERED THE BODY IN THE ROADWAY NEAR HIS PERSONAL VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO WITNESS ES & IT HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED:[A] THE EXACT MACHINE INVOLVED, [B] WHETHER OR NOT THE EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING OR IF HE HAD COLLASPED DUE TO A PHYSICAL PROBLEM JUST PRIOR TO BEING STRUCK.
EE WAS OPERATING LOCOMOTIVE LOOKING IN OPPOSITE DIRECTION OF TRAVEL WHEN HIS HEAD WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN LOCOMOTIVE AND MINE ROOF.
WHILE TROUBLE SHOOTING ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT ON CONTINUOUS MINING MACHINE EMPL'S FOREARM CONTACTED ENERGIZED 950 VOLT A.C. CIRCUIT. SUBJECT ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT WITH WHICH PERSONAL CONTACT WAS MADE WOULD NOT NORMALLY BE ENERGIZED HOWEVER ELECTRICAL CONTACTOR WAS STUCK IN MACHINES'S CONTROL PANEL. EMPL COULD NOT HAVE KNOWN THIS CONDITION EXISTED.
EMPL OPERATING MOBILE BRIDGE CARRIER IN BELT ENTRY STRUCK IN THE HEAD WITH 48" LONG PIECE OF ROOF BOLT DRILL STEEL.
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