Sunny Ridge Mining Company Inc · Struck against stationary object
OPERATOR GOT OUT OF DRILL, BENT OVER TO SEE IF COAL HAD BEEN DRILLED THROUGH. WHEN HE RAISED UP HE HIT THE BACK OF HIS HEAD ON THE DRILL BIT WRENCH.
Horn 3a Coal
Horn Construction Company Inc
· Surface
Controlled by
Edward Horn
Fedscreek,
Pike County,
KY
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1517271
MSHA record for Horn 3a (mine ID 1517271). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 3
- Years on record
- 1993–1994
- Latest incident
- Sep 1994
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file1994 · 2 incidents
August 18, 1994
KY · Coal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
POWERED HAULAGE
Sunny Ridge Mining Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
OPERATOR PUT HIMSELF IN THE WRONG POSITION TO CLEAN THE HIGHWALL AND PULLED A ROCK ONTO THE LOADWER HE WAS OPERATING. DAMAGE TO LEADER--WINDSHIELD WAS BROKEN, LIGHT BAR WAS BENT, FRONT FENDER WAS BENT.
1993 · 1 incident
Sunny Ridge Mining Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
AUGER OPERATOR STATED THAT THE SWING MAN WAS SWINGING STEEL OUT OF BELLY PAN ONTO THE GROUND TO START ANOTHER HOOK. VICTIM STATED THAT BUTTON ON HAND CONTROL STUCK AND CAUSED STEEL TO HIT HIM KNOCKING HIM ON OTHER STEEL SECTIONS LAYING ON THE GROUND AND HURT HIS BACK.
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