Blaster fatality at Mine #8 (Carbon River Coal Corp), KY, December 17, 2001

at 11:45 AM

On December 17, 2001, a blaster was fatally injured in a machinery accident at Mine #8 (Carbon River Coal Corp), KY.

Mine #8 · Surface · Coal

Operator: Carbon River Coal Corp (Ricky D Kirk; Jerry Wells Jr)

Knott County, KY

Classification MACHINERY

Type Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Investigator narrative

WORKER WAS OPERATING A CAT D60 DOZER AND WAS MAKING A PAD TO PLACE A 6" GORMAN-RUPP WATER PUMP ON. DOZER TILTED OVER, WORKER WAS PINNED UNDER DOZER. HE RECEIVED MASSIVE INJURIES FROM WEIGHT OF DOZER.

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Bulldozer
Subunit / location: STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Accident type: Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Source of injury: SURFACE MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury: MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part affected: MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Total mining experience: 17 years
Experience at this mine: 1 year
Experience in this job: 15 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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