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Job #17a Coal

Addington Enterprises Inc · Surface

Controlled by Horizon Natural Resources Incorporated

Sidney, Pike County, KY · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 1517434

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Fatalities: 1
Total incidents: 4
Years on record: 1994
Latest incident: Jun 1994

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded

January 20, 1994 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech Fatality · MACHINERY

Addington Enterprises Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS REPAIRING A D 10 N CAT BULLDOZER,TOMAKE REPAIRS HE HAD TO REMOVE THE BELLY PAN. BEFORE REMOVING ALL THE BOLTS HOLDING THE PAN IN PLACE THE PAN WOULD BE SECURED FROM FALLING WITH A CHAIN OR BLOCKS.WE BELIEVE HE MISS COUNTED THE REMAINING BOLTS TO BE REMOVED AND WHEN HE REMOVED WHAT HE ASSUMED WAS THE NEXT TO LAST BOLT THE BELLY PAN FELL ON HIM.

Reportable incidents

3 on file (excluding fatalities above)

1994 · 3 incidents

June 6, 1994 KY · Coal grader operator, roadgrader operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Addington Enterprises Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS GETTING A CABLE USED TO PULL WITH WHEN IT SWUNG LOOSE, STRIKING HIM IN THE HEAD, CUTTING HIM OVER THE LEFT EYE. EMERGENCY ROOM PHYSICIAN APPLIED FOUR STITCHES.

May 24, 1994 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY

Addington Enterprises Inc · Struck by flying object

EE WAS OPERATING DOZER WHEN DOOR GLASS CRACKED, CAUSING A PIECE OF GLASS TO BECOME LODGED IN HIS RIGHT EYE.

March 14, 1994 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Addington Enterprises Inc · Fall from machine

HIT THE FULE DOOR AS HE JUMPED OFF 992C LAODER, CAUSING A LACERATION TO THE BUTTOCK AREA.