Fatality · MSHA Record #219913470001

Laborer fatality at Mill Creek Prep Plant (Kentucky Criterion Coal Company), KY, December 4, 1991

at 12:45 PM

On December 4, 1991, a laborer was fatally injured in a powered haulage accident at Mill Creek Prep Plant (Kentucky Criterion Coal Company), KY.

Mill Creek Prep Plant · Facility · Coal

Operator: Kentucky Criterion Coal Company (Westmoreland Coal Company)

Contractor on site: Y9U

Letcher County, KY

Classification POWERED HAULAGE

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

Investigator narrative

SUPERVISOR & TWO EMPLS WERE PREPARING TO MOUNT PIN ON BUCKET TO BOOM ALREADY LOWERED OF DIGGER DERRICK TRUCK. AS SUPERVISOR ATTEMPTED TO POSITION 1 TON FLATBED TRUCK CARRYING PIN ON BUCKET INJ EMPL WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN TIP OF BOOM & FLATBED TRUCK WHEN HE SUSTAINED SEVERE INTERNAL ABDOMINAL INJ. INJ EMPL SUCCUMED IN OPERATING ROOM OF HOSPITAL.

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Handling Supplies Or Material
Subunit / location: MILL OPERATION/PREPARATION PLANT
Accident type: Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Source of injury: PASS CARS,PICKUP TRUCKS
Nature of injury: CRUSHING
Body part affected: ABDOMEN/INTERNAL ORGANS
Total mining experience: 1 year
Experience at this mine: 1 year
Experience in this job: 1 year
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 219913470001 · Mine ID 1516577 Trainer view →