Mining Incidents
Fatality · MSHA Record #219850770001

Greaser

March 12, 1985 at 6:58 PM
No 3 · Underground · Coal
Pike County, KY
Classification FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Type Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Investigator narrative
A FATAL ACCIDENT OCCURRED AT THE #3 MINE CANADA COAL CO INC. FROM A FALL OF RIB IN WHICH THE VICTIM I.NAME AGE 30 WAS CRUSHED AGAINST THE RIPPER HEAD ON A LEE NORSE 265 CONTINOUS MINER THIS OC CCURRED IN THE #3 ENTRY 100 FT OUTBY THE FACE AREAS WHILE THE EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING BITS
Record details
Activity at time of incident
Machine Maintenance
Subunit / location
UNDERGROUND
Underground location
FACE
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Source of injury
UNDERGRD MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury
CRUSHING
Body part affected
HEAD,NEC
Total mining experience
10 years
Experience at this mine
5 years
Experience in this job
3 years
Degree of injury
FATALITY
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