Fatality · MSHA Record #219852140001

Superintendent fatality at Lykens #6 Mine (Kintzel Coal Company), PA, June 21, 1985

at 2:30 PM

On June 21, 1985, a superintendent was fatally injured in an inundation accident at Lykens #6 Mine (Kintzel Coal Company), PA.

Lykens #6 Mine · Underground · Coal

Operator: Kintzel Coal Company (Kintzel Wayne & Jesse Et Al)

Schuylkill County, PA

Classification INUNDATION

Type Struck against stationary object

Investigator narrative

UNCHARTED WORKINGS WHICH WERE FLOODED WITH WATER BROKE INTO #12 CHUTE THIS CARRIED ITS VICTIM APPROX 250 FT DOWN THE CHUTEB WITH MINE TIMBER ROCKS COAL AND DEBRIS VERY MUCH FORCE THEN IT WASH ED HIM APPROX 100 FT OUT THE GANGWAY TO WHERE HIS BODY WAS FOUND THE GANGWAY HAD APPROX 120 ONS TO COAL ROCK ETC WASHED INTO IT

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Walking, Running
Subunit / location: UNDERGROUND
Underground location: SLOPE/INCLINED SHAFT
Accident type: Struck against stationary object
Source of injury: WATER
Nature of injury: MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part affected: MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Total mining experience: 22 years
Experience at this mine: 15 years
Experience in this job: 11 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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