A EE STRIP EE WAS DRILLING AN OVERHANG ON THE HIGHWALL. HIS SAFETY ROPE WAS TAKEN LOOSE FROM A STATIONARY TRACK LOADER AND TIED TO A PICK UP TRUCK BY ANOTHER EE. THEN ANOTHER EE MOVED THE PICK UP TRUCK DRAGGING INJURED EE UP THE HIGHWALL INJURING HIS BACK.
#55 Coal
Leemike Coal Company Inc
· Underground
Controlled by
Cooper William L
Linefork,
Letcher County,
KY
·
Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1517251
MSHA record for #55 (mine ID 1517251). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 2
- Years on record
- 1992
- Latest incident
- Dec 1992
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file1992 · 2 incidents
Leemike Coal Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface
December 9, 1992
KY · Coal
bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Leemike Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
LIFTING ROCK DUST MACHINE TO LOAD INTO SCOOP BUCKET- FELT PAIN IN GROIN- CAUSED A HERNIA.
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