Mining worker

June 8, 1999 at 11:45 AM

Hwm Job #21 · Surface · Coal

Operator: Mining Technologies Inc (Horizon Natural Resources Incorporated)

Pike County, KY

Classification OTHER

Type Struck against a moving object

Investigator narrative

EE DROPPED 5 PEOPLE AT THE HIGHWALL MINER SITE & PROCEEDED TO GO REFUEL WHILE THEY WERE TOURING THE OPERATION. HE TRAVELED APPROX 1/2 MILE AND STRUCK SOME POWERLINES. THE HELICOPTER CRASHED INTO A PREVIOUSLY MINED COAL PIT. THE HELICOPTER WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE AND EE WAS FATALLY INJURED.

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Surface Equipment, Nec
Subunit / location: AUGER
Accident type: Struck against a moving object
Source of injury: VEHICLES,(Not Elsewhere Classified)
Nature of injury: MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part affected: MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Experience in this job: 33 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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