EMPL SHOVELING LOOSE COAL AT SECTION BELT TAILPIECE.AS HE ATTEMPTED TO GET UP FROM KNEELING POSITION,STRUCK HEAD ON MINE ROOF FORCING NECK TO ONE SIDE.BLOW RESULTED IN NECK SORENESS -INABILITT Y TO TURN HEAD TO LEFT.
Mine #3 Coal
Bare Mining Inc
· Underground
Controlled by
Turner Fran E
Eolia,
Letcher County,
KY
·
Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1516366
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 3
- Years on record
- 1988
- Latest incident
- Nov 1988
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file1988 · 3 incidents
November 9, 1988
KY · Coal
beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider
STRIKING OR BUMPING
Bare Mining Inc · Struck against stationary object
October 5, 1988
KY · Coal
bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bare Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EMP INJ RING FINGER OF R. HAND WHILE CHECKING OIL IN PERS. VEHICLE THE INJ OCC WHEN EMP FINGERTIP WAS CAUGHT BY FALLING HOOD A(D RESULTED IN BROKEN FINERTIP AND LOSS OF NAIL.
October 4, 1988
KY · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Bare Mining Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A ROOF BOLTER IN 38 INCH COAL WHILE ATTEMPTING TO WALK IN A SQUATTING POSITION HE SLIPPED AND CAUGHT HIS BODY WEIGHT ON HIS RIGHT KNEE THE RESULTING INJURY CONSISTED OF SORENESS AND STIFFNESS OF THE KNEE JOINT REQUIRING MEDICAL ATTENTION.