Mining Incidents
Fatality · MSHA Record #220190520004

Transit Man, Surveyor/Transit Worker

January 14, 2019 at 11:00 AM
Toms Fork Mine · Underground · Coal
Bell County, KY
ClassificationPOWERED HAULAGE
TypeStruck by powered moving object
Investigator narrative
While the surveyor was setting up the instrument in #4 belt entry, the other surveyor was getting height measurements down #3 entry. A shuttle car loaded with coal coming from #2 entry tramming to the feeder struck and killed the surveyor near spad 24.
Record details
Activity at time of incident
Other, Nec
Subunit / location
UNDERGROUND
Accident type
Struck by powered moving object
Source of injury
MINE JEEP,KERSEY,JITNEY
Nature of injury
MULTIPLE INJURIES
Total mining experience
30 years
Experience at this mine
0.12 years
Experience in this job
15 years
Degree of injury
FATALITY
Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 220190520004 · Mine ID 1519844Trainer view →