Mining Incidents
Fatality · MSHA Record #220100280025

Continuous Miner Operator, Coal Mole Operator

January 22, 2010 at 9:20 AM
Phantom · Underground · Coal
Leslie County, KY
ClassificationFALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
TypeStruck by falling object
Investigator narrative
Injury was cleaning gob in 3 left with continous miner, he started backing out of crosscut when corner of rib rolled off on him receiving a fatal injury to his upper torso. Size of rib striking he was approx. 4'L x 36""W x 16"" thick.
Record details
Activity at time of incident
Continuous Miner
Subunit / location
UNDERGROUND
Accident type
Struck by falling object
Source of injury
CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury
MULTIPLE INJURIES
Total mining experience
12 years
Experience at this mine
1.56 years
Experience in this job
10 years
Degree of injury
FATALITY
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