EE & COWORKER WERE HELPING TO SUPPORT MINER PLANETARY ON SCOOP TO SLIDE IT IN THE SCOOP; WHEN ANOTHER EE RAISED SCOOP BUCKET, EE TWISTED HIS BACK.
No 6 Coal
Cougar Coal Company Inc
· Underground
Controlled by
James H Booth
Van Lear,
Johnson County,
KY
·
Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1517788
MSHA record for No 6 (mine ID 1517788). 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
- 1996
- Latest incident
- Sep 1996
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file1996 · 2 incidents
September 10, 1996
KY · Coal
shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator
POWERED HAULAGE
Cougar Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Cougar Coal Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface
THE EE WAS CHANGING MOTOR ON LEE NORRIS ROOF BOLTER AND THE PRYING BAR HE WAS USING SLIPPED AND THIS CAUSED HIM TO FALL INJURING HIS BACK, ARM, AND RT SHOULDER.
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