Struck against stationary object
EE WAS UP ON TAILPIECE GOUGING MUD DOWN & HIT GUARD WITH ARM. LACERATION TO TOP RIGHT ARM REQUIRED SEVEN SUTURES.
No 5Coal
Long Fork Development Inc · Underground
Controlled by James H Booth
Deboard, Martin County, KY · Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1518279
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 3
- Years on record
- 2001
- Latest incident
- Aug 2001
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file2001 · 3 incidents
Struck by falling object
THE EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING DIRECTION TO GO BACK TO MINER AND HAD CHANGED SEATS IN THE SHUTTLE CAR WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL AND HIT LEFT KNEE AND THIGH.
Struck against stationary object
THE EE WAS MOVING BUGGY ANCHOR WHEN HE LACERATED RIGHT HAND, REQUIRING 16 SUTURES ON A PIECE OF WIRE THAT WAS TIED TO A ROOF BOLT PLATE.