Transit Man, Surveyor/Transit Worker fatality

January 14, 2019 at 11:00 AM

Toms Fork Mine · TENNCO INC. · Bell County, KY

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

Classification: POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type: Struck by powered moving object
Activity at time: Other, Nec
Subunit / location: UNDERGROUND
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
Mine type: Underground
Sector: Coal

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