LOADER OPERATOR WAS PICKING UP BIG ROCK WITH 992B HE STARTED TO BACK UP WHEN REAR END OF MACHINE STARTED TO RAISE OFF OF GROUND & ROCK FELL OUT OF BUCKET GIVING HIM A JAR
No 1 Surface Coal
Marine Coal Corp
· Surface
Controlled by
B W McDonald
Stopover,
Pike County,
KY
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1516319
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 3
- Years on record
- 1988–1989
- Latest incident
- Feb 1989
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file1989 · 1 incident
February 15, 1989
KY · Coal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
POWERED HAULAGE
Mountain Top Restoration · Struck against a moving object
1988 · 2 incidents
December 14, 1988
KY · Coal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS
Mountain Top Restoration · Struck by flying object
AT APPROX 10:45 AM ON 12/14/88 SHOT WAS FIRED AFTER MEN H AD BEEN REMOVED TO DISTANCE OF APPROX 600'. MEN W ERE UNDER ROCK TRUCK FOR PROTECTION WHEN SHOT WAS DTONATED. EMPL WAS STRUCK BY FLY R OCK BREAKING HAND.
December 14, 1988
KY · Coal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS
Mountain Top Restoration · Struck by flying object
AT APPROX. 10:45 AM ON 12-14-88, A SHOT WAS FIRED AFTER THE MEN HAD BEEN REMOVED TO A DISTANCE OF APPROX. 600 FEET. THE MEN WERE UNDER A ROCK TRUCK FOR PROTECTION WHEN THE SHOT WAS DETONATED. THE EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK BY FLY ROCK BREAKING HIS LEG.