Fatality · MSHA Record #219850070002

Front-End Loader fatality at No 1 Strip Mine (Hard Rock Coal Company Inc), KY, November 5, 1984

at 4:00 PM

On November 5, 1984, a front-end loader was fatally injured in an explosives and breaking agents accident at No 1 Strip Mine (Hard Rock Coal Company Inc), KY.

No 1 Strip Mine · Surface · Coal

Operator: Hard Rock Coal Company Inc (Dan Chambers et al)

Whitley County, KY

Classification EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS

Type Struck by falling object

Investigator narrative

I.NAME WAS LOADING COAL IN PIT WITH HIS LOADER WHEN AN ELECTRICAL STORM CAME UP SUDDENLY LIGHTENING SET SHOT OFF ABOVE WHERE I.NAME WAS WORKING COVERING HIM & HIS LOADER WITH SEVERAL FEET OF D IRT

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Front-End Loader
Subunit / location: STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Accident type: Struck by falling object
Source of injury: CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury: CRUSHING
Body part affected: MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Total mining experience: 18 years
Experience at this mine: 3 years
Experience in this job: 15 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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