Fatality · MSHA Record #220232160023
Hand Scaler fatality at Lexington Quarry (Lexington Quarry Company), KY, July 26, 2023
at 2:45 PM
On July 26, 2023, a hand scaler was fatally injured in a powered haulage accident at Lexington Quarry (Lexington Quarry Company), KY.
Jessamine County, KY
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Type
Fall from machine
Investigator narrative
Employee evacuated truck on mine ramp and hit head on ramp floor causing serious head injury. *EE died on 3/19/2024.
Final MSHA investigation
On July 26, 2023, at approximately 2:45 p.m., Kyle Pennington, a 24 year-old miner with over four years of mining experience, was seriously injured when he lost control of a pickup truck while driving up a slope. Pennington passed away on March 19, 2024, due to complications from injuries sustained during the accident.The accident occurred because the mine operator did not correct the defective service brake in a timely manner before it created a hazard to Pennington.
Findings from MSHA's final investigation report, which supersedes the preliminary narrative above.
Record details
- Activity at time of incident
- Getting On Or Off Equipment
- Subunit / location
- SURFACE AT UNDERGROUND
- Accident type
- Fall from machine
- Source of injury
- BLDG,STRUCT,BOAT,RAFT,(Not Elsewhere Classified)
- Nature of injury
- MULTIPLE INJURIES
- Body part affected
- HEAD,NEC
- Total mining experience
- 4 years
- Experience at this mine
- 0 years
- Experience in this job
- 0 years
- Degree of injury
- FATALITY
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Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 220232160023 · Mine ID 1506264
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