TRUCK STARTED TO TURN OVER, BACKHOE WENT TO LOW SIDE OF TRUCK--USED BUCKET TO HELP TRUCK MOVE FORWARD. WHEN TRUCK HAD MOVED FORWARD--OPERATOR IN TRUCK LIFTED BED PARTIALLY--BACKHOE WAS NOT CLE AR. BED STRUC CAB OF BACKGHOE--PUSHING BACKHOE CAB ONTO OPERATOR'S FEET.
Poplar Grove Coal
Zielinski Construction Corp
· Surface
Controlled by
Zielinski Brothers
Sacramento,
Mclean County,
KY
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1517891
MSHA record for Poplar Grove (mine ID 1517891). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 2
- Years on record
- 1998
- Latest incident
- Mar 1998
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file1998 · 2 incidents
March 27, 1998
KY · Coal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
POWERED HAULAGE
Zielinski Construction Corp · Struck against a moving object
March 27, 1998
KY · Coal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
POWERED HAULAGE
Zielinski Construction Corp · Struck by falling object
SEVERAL EES TRYING TO MOVE VOLVO TRUCK AWAY FROM BACKHOE--SEVERAL OTHERS STANDING AROUND. ROCKS FELL FROM BED OF TRUCK--ONE STRUCK EE'S LEG.
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