Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE WAS WELDING METAL ON A DOZER BLADE WHEN HE CONTRACTED A FOREIGN OBJECT OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN IN HIS RIGHT EYE.
Hindman 14Coal
Knott Floyd Land Company · Surface
Controlled by M Lynn Parrish
Hindman, Knott County, KY · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518175
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 2
- Years on record
- 2000–2001
- Latest incident
- Sep 2001
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file2001 · 1 incident
2000 · 1 incident
Struck against a moving object
FOREMAN ENTERED PIT AREA IN A PICK-UP TRUCK. LOADER WAS PILING COAL IN PIT AREA. LOADER BACKED UP WITHOUT OBSERVING FOREMAN/TRUCK. LOADER BACKED INTO TRUCK CAUSING FOREMAN TO BE THROWN ACROSS INTERIOR OF PICK-UP TRUCK, STRIKING OPPOSIRE DOOR. ACCIDENT CAUSED TRAUMA AND BRUISING TO HIP, LEG, AND BACK OF FOREMAN.