VICTIM WAS OPER5TING A MACK MODEL 600 TRUCK EQUIPPED WITH A 4000-GALLON WATER TANK. WHILE APPLYING WATER TO THE MINE HAULAGE ROADWAY WHICH WAS UNDER RECONSTRUCTION, FOR SOME UNKNOWN REASON, TH E VICTIM WAS BA7KING THE TRUCK DOWN AN INCLINED SECTION OF THE ROADWAY WHEN THE REAR TANDEM WHEELS TRAVELED OVER THE OUTER EDGE OF THE ROADWAY, ALLOWING THE TRUCK TO CAPSIZE. THE VICTIM WAS F
No 1 Surface Coal
Long Fork Coal Corp
· Surface
Controlled by
Collie Hall
Grethel,
Floyd County,
KY
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1515240
MSHA record for No 1 Surface (mine ID 1515240). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 1
- Total incidents
- 3
- Years on record
- 1987
- Latest incident
- Aug 1987
Fatalities at this mine
1 recorded
August 12, 1987
KY · Coal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Long Fork Coal Corp · Struck against a moving object
Reportable incidents
2 on file (excluding fatalities above)1987 · 2 incidents
May 21, 1987
KY · Coal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Long Fork Coal Corp · Fall from machine
WHILE TARPING T9UCK, HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE FELL OFF TRUCK BED.
May 1, 1987
KY · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Long Fork Coal Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
STEPPED OFF DOZ9R AND TURNED ANKLE
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