Struck by falling object
A 2 to 3 foot drawrock fell from face down and back vertically against miner and bolter trapping the miner under the canopy and against the bolting machine causing a fatality.
Mine #1Coal
Maverick Mining Company, LLC · Underground
Controlled by James H Blevins
Pikeville, Pike County, KY · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518674
- Fatalities
- 1
- Total incidents
- 2
- Years on record
- 2005–2006
- Latest incident
- Jan 2006
Fatalities at this mine
1 recordedReportable incidents
1 on file (excluding fatalities above)2005 · 1 incident
Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Boom pin bushings were being put in miner head and the miner head slipped and caught the tip of employee's left middle finger between the bushing and the main frame. Resulted in amputation of distal phalange just below fingernail. No other fingers injured.