Contact with hot objects or substances
EE WAS DRILLING COAL WHEN METHANE IGNITED CAUSING AN EXPLOSION & BURNING EE ON FACE AND BOTH HANDS. EE WAS TAKEN TO WHITESBURG ARH THEN AIR LIFTED TO LEXINGTON KY.
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J&R Coal Inc. · Underground
Controlled by Roger N Bentley
Dean, Letcher County, KY · Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1518776
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 3
- Years on record
- 2005
- Latest incident
- Sep 2005
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file2005 · 3 incidents
Struck by falling object
Employee was operating a roof bolter when a piece of draw rock fell on his left shoulder and neck approximately 3' x 18"" x 6"" dislocating his left shoulder.
Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Employee was tramming bolter across section and the back of the bolter caught on roof