Struck by rolling or sliding object
EE WAS REPLACING THE AUGER ON THE HIGHWALL MINER, AND WHEN THE AUGER WAS PLACED IT SLID BACK AND MASHED HIS LEFT HAND
M & G #11Coal
M & G MINING LLC · Surface
Controlled by Robert O Roan
HARLAN, Harlan County, KY · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1519469
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 2
- Years on record
- 2010
- Latest incident
- Aug 2010
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file2010 · 2 incidents
Contact with hot objects or substances
EE was walking on the catwalk of highwall miner, when the front seal blew out on the fluid coupling below, causing flash burns to exposed skin of arms and face. Resulting in first and second degree burns.