Letcher Co #5 Coal

Goldens Creek Enterprises Inc · Surface

Controlled by Tommy G Gambrel

Jenkins, Letcher County, KY · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 1517721

MSHA record for Letcher Co #5 (mine ID 1517721). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities: 1
Total incidents: 1
Years on record: 1996
Latest incident: Feb 1996

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded

February 8, 1996 KY · Coal auger helper Fatality · MACHINERY

Goldens Creek Enterprises Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

VICTIM WAS ASSISTING THE AUGER OPERATOR CHANGE CUTTING BITS.BOTH MEN WERE STANDING IN THE CONVEYOR WITH THE ENGINES "OFF" WHEN A THIRD EMPLOYEE STARTED THE CONVEYOR ENGINE CAUSING THE CONVEYOR TO MOVE INADVERTENTLY CAUSING FATAL INJURIES TOTHE VICTIM AS HE WAS CARRIED UNDER THE AUGER BARREL AND INTO THE CONVEYOR CHUTE.

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