Mining Incidents
Fatality · MSHA Record #219901200195

Continuous Miner Helper

April 17, 1990 at 8:20 AM
No 1 · Underground · Coal
Floyd County, KY
Classification FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Type Struck by falling object
Investigator narrative
WALKED INTO PLACE WHERE ROOF WASNT SUPPORTED.FATAL. INTO X-CUT BETWEEN #2 & #3 ENTRIES WHILE MOVING CONTINUOUS MINING MACHINE CABLE.ROOF IN X-CUT NOT SUPPORTED...ROOF FALL 2'THICK X 15'LONG X 18-20'WIDE.WAS RECOVERED AT 11:52 AM.
Record details
Activity at time of incident
Move Power Cable
Subunit / location
UNDERGROUND
Underground location
INBY PERMANENT SUPPORT
Accident type
Struck by falling object
Source of injury
CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury
MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part affected
MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Total mining experience
25 years
Experience at this mine
0 years
Experience in this job
0 years
Degree of injury
FATALITY
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