JAMES CLAXTON WAS SCRAPPING IN #4 HEADING HE WAS BEHIND THE LINE TIMBERS WHILD THE SCOOP DRIVER WAS LOADING HIS SCOOP JOHNNY YANCY BACKED HIS SCOOP OUT TO THE LAST OPEN BREAK TO MOVE OVER TO R RIGHT SIDE AND CLAXTON THOUGHT HE WAS LEAVING SO HE CRAWLED TOWARD THE FACE AND WAS STRUCK BY THE SCOOP BUCKET
R A C No 8 Coal
R A C Mining Corp
· Underground
Controlled by
Christian Richard A
Whitley City,
Mccreary County,
KY
·
Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1513055
MSHA record for R A C No 8 (mine ID 1513055). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 1
- Years on record
- 1983
- Latest incident
- Apr 1983
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file1983 · 1 incident
April 27, 1983
KY · Coal
laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
POWERED HAULAGE
R A C Mining Corp · Struck by powered moving object
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