Fatality · MSHA Record #219940050023
Continuous Miner Operator
December 27, 1993
at 10:00 PM
Operator:
Kinney Branch Mining Inc
(Garnie E Johnson et al)
Pike County, KY
Classification
MACHINERY
Type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Investigator narrative
THE VICTIM WAS TRAMING A REMOTE CONTROL CONTINUOUS MINER INTO THE FACE AND WAS WALKING ALONG THE SIDE OF IT. THE BOOM CRUSHED HIM INTO THE RIB OF COAL CAUSING DEATH.
Record details
- Activity at time of incident
- Continuous Miner
- Subunit / location
- UNDERGROUND
- Underground location
- INBY PERMANENT SUPPORT
- Accident type
- Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
- Source of injury
- UNDERGRD MINING MACHINES
- Nature of injury
- MULTIPLE INJURIES
- Body part affected
- MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
- Total mining experience
- 17 years
- Experience at this mine
- 0 years
- Experience in this job
- 9 years
- Degree of injury
- FATALITY
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Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 219940050023 · Mine ID 1516223
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