Struck by falling object
While changing work cutter head bits on the coal auger machine, ee was struck by a rock approx 4 feet by 5 feet by 30 inches that fell from the bottom section of the highwall. EE was pronounced deceased at the scene.
GHM #51Coal
Green Hill Mining Inc · Surface
Controlled by Laird T Orr Jr.
Barbourville, Whitley County, KY · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4407079
- Fatalities
- 1
- Total incidents
- 2
- Years on record
- 2003–2017
- Latest incident
- Mar 2017
Fatalities at this mine
1 recordedReportable incidents
1 on file (excluding fatalities above)2003 · 1 incident
Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE STRUCK FINGER WHILE CHANGING PIN ON AUGER FLIGHT.