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Mine No 5 Coal

Mountaintop Restoration Inc · Surface

Controlled by B W McDonald

Davella, Martin County, KY · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 1517429

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Fatalities: 1
Total incidents: 3
Years on record: 1993–1995
Latest incident: Sep 1995

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded

September 12, 1995 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE

Mountaintop Restoration Inc · Struck against a moving object

COLLISION BETWEEN MACK TRUCK AND TOYOTA PICKUP RESULTING IN FATAL INJURY.

Reportable incidents

2 on file (excluding fatalities above)

1994 · 1 incident

February 21, 1994 KY · Coal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Mountaintop Restoration Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WAS WORKING ON A DRILL, LIFTING A PUMP DRIVE- HURT BACK.

1993 · 1 incident

November 3, 1993 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY

Mountaintop Restoration Inc · Fall from machine

DOZER OPERATOR WAS ASSISTING RECLAMATION CREW IN LOADING CULVERT PIPE ON TOP OF D-8H. AFTER LOADING THE FIRST PIPE THE 2ND PIPE WAS BEING LOADED WHEN IT BECAME UNSTABLE & STARTED TO PUSH THE O PERATOR OFF THE TOP. HE JUMPED TO FREE HIMSELF FROM THE PIPE, LANDING ON A ROCKY TERRAINS.