THE VICTIM WAS OPERATING A BATTERY-POWERED SCOOP CLEANING ROADWAY COAL AT THE NO. 2 BLOCK ON FIRST RIGHT PANEL. THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED WHEN A PORTION OF THE MINE ROOF, MEASURING 30 INCHES THICK A MINUMUM OF 20 FT IN WIDTH, AND EXTENDING AN UNDETERMINED DISTANCE, FELL STRIKING THE VICTIM AND SCOOP. THE HEIGHT OF THE COAL WAS 39 INCHES.
No 1 Coal
B J & L Coal Company Inc
· Underground
Controlled by
Tackett Jeromia & Pauline
Craynor,
Floyd County,
KY
·
Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1507351
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- Fatalities
- 1
- Total incidents
- 1
- Years on record
- 1985
- Latest incident
- Sep 1985
Fatalities at this mine
1 recorded
September 9, 1985
KY · Coal
bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss
Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
B J & L Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object
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