Struck by flying object
Moving launch on highwall miner getting ready to pull out when hose burst and struck victim in the back of the head and at the base of the skull. Temporarily knocked him out while knocking him onto the launch pad.
HWM MS0002Coal
Kentucky Fuel Corporation · Surface
Controlled by James C Justice III
Softshell, Magoffin County, KY · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1519586
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 3
- Years on record
- 2011–2012
- Latest incident
- Jun 2012
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file2012 · 1 incident
2011 · 2 incidents
Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Picking up rock off prepping car for highwall miner and co-worker dropped pin in tray when it bounced and hit right thumb and hand braking the right thumb just about the joint.
Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Wrench slipped while tightening poly-belt that runs between motor and gear reducer on incline belt of highwall miner. Resulting in a laceration over his left eye that required stitches to close.