Fatality · MSHA Record #219893470001

Maintenance Man fatality at Ovenfork Mine (Blue Diamond Coal Company), KY, December 9, 1989

at 9:10 PM

On December 9, 1989, a maintenance man was fatally injured in a powered haulage accident at Ovenfork Mine (Blue Diamond Coal Company), KY.

Ovenfork Mine · Underground · Coal

Operator: Blue Diamond Coal Company (Ashland Inc et al)

Letcher County, KY

Classification POWERED HAULAGE

Type Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Investigator narrative

THE VICTIM WAS HELPING CO-WORKERS REPLACE A WHEEL UNIT ON THE (COMPANY NO. B-406) JOY SHUTTLE CAR. ANOTHER SHUTTLE CAR (CO. NO. B-413) WAS IN OPERATION ON THE REGULAR PRODUCTION RUN AND THE OP ERATOR OF THE CAR IN USE, MADE A WRONG TURN AND STRUCK THE VICTIM CATCHING THE VICTIM BETWEEN BOTH SHUTTLE CARS.

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Machine Maintenance
Subunit / location: UNDERGROUND
Underground location: LAST OPEN CROSSCUT
Mining method: Continuous Mining
Accident type: Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Source of injury: MINE JEEP,KERSEY,JITNEY
Nature of injury: MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part affected: CHEST (RIBS/BREAST BONE/CHEST ORGNS)
Total mining experience: 17 years
Experience at this mine: 2 years
Experience in this job: 0 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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