Fatality · MSHA Record #219873310001
Drill Operator
November 19, 1987
at 8:00 AM
Operator:
Jaco Mining Company Inc
(M Lynn Parrish)
Floyd County, KY
Classification
FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Type
Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Investigator narrative
EMPLOYEE WAS OP9RATING A GARDNER DENVER 16 HIGHWALL DRILL EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING NEAR A THIRTY FOOT HIGHWALL WHEN WITHOUT ANY WARNING DIRT AND MUD FELL FROM THE HIGHWALL COMPLETELY COVERING THE EMPLOYEE INSID9 DRILL CAB AND ALSO COVERING THE MAJOR PORTION OF THE DRILL THE FORCE OF THE DIRT AND MUD CRUSHED THE CAB OF THE DRILL RESULTING IN THE DEATH OF THE EMPLOYEE
Record details
- Activity at time of incident
- Drill Face, Rib, Side, Down
- Subunit / location
- STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
- Accident type
- Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
- Source of injury
- CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
- Nature of injury
- CRUSHING
- Body part affected
- MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
- Total mining experience
- 13 years
- Experience at this mine
- 5 years
- Experience in this job
- 13 years
- Degree of injury
- FATALITY
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Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 219873310001 · Mine ID 1513231
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