Fall from machine
EE WAS STEERING TRUCK (IN PROCESS OF MOVING) WHEN SOMETHING BROKE LOOSE FROM BRAKES, TRUCK ROLLED A 85 DEG & STOPPED AT BERM. EE JUMPED OUT CAUSING BACK INJURY
Bayonet #1Coal
Bayonet Mining Company Inc · Surface
Controlled by Robert C Billips
Jenkins, Letcher County, KY · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1517669
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 3
- Years on record
- 2000–2001
- Latest incident
- Apr 2001
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file2001 · 2 incidents
Struck against a moving object
EE WAS IN MECHANIC TRUCK WHICH WAS BEING TOWED BY A LOADER. THE TRUCK HIT A BERM CAUSING THE STEERING WHEEL TO TURN QUICKLY THEREFORE CAUSINGA HAND INJURY
2000 · 1 incident
Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
HE AND ANOTHER WORKER HAD JUST PUT ENGINE IN LOADER AND WERE TESTING ENGINE. UNKNOWINGLY, THEY HAD LEFT WRENCH ON TOP OF RADIATOR AND THE VIBRATION OF ENGINE CAUSED IT TO FALL AGAINST AND THEN WAS THROWN AND HIT HIM IN MOUTH.