Fatality · MSHA Record #219840520048

Apprentice fatality at Tall Timber Mine (Tall Timber Coal Company), KY, February 10, 1984

at 11:35 AM

On February 10, 1984, an apprentice was fatally injured in a machinery accident at Tall Timber Mine (Tall Timber Coal Company), KY.

Tall Timber Mine · Underground · Coal

Operator: Tall Timber Coal Company (Sidney R Young III)

Pike County, KY

Classification MACHINERY

Type Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Investigator narrative

TWO MAINTENANCE MEN WERE TRAMMING A 14-BCM JOY MINER FROM NO 1 ENTRY TO NO 4 ENTRY TO SERVICE THE MINER. UPON REACHING THE CROSSCUT BETWEEN NO 3 & 4 ENTRIES THE MAN OPERATING THE MINER LOOKED BACK AND SAW HIS BUDDY LYING ON THE MINE FLOOR. HE HAD BEEN STRUCK BY THE BOOM OF THE MINER. IT COULD NOT BE DETERMINED IF HE HAD BEEN CAUGHT AGAINST THE COAL RIB

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Continuous Miner
Subunit / location: UNDERGROUND
Underground location: FACE
Mining method: Continuous Mining
Accident type: Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Source of injury: UNDERGRD MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury: MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part affected: CHEST (RIBS/BREAST BONE/CHEST ORGNS)
Total mining experience: 1 year
Experience at this mine: 1 year
Experience in this job: 1 year
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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