October 7, 1993
KY · Coal
blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey
Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Sextet Mining Corp · Struck by falling object
A ROOF FALL OCCURRED INT HE #8 ROOM ON THE MMU 001 SECTION IN A UNDETECTED SLIP 19'X45'BY26" TO 40" THICK RESULTING IN THE DEATH OF 2 MINERS. ONLY SPECULATION EXIST AS TO WHY THE SHOT FIRER W AS IN THIS AREA.
October 7, 1993
KY · Coal
bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss
Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Sextet Mining Corp · Struck by falling object
A ROOF FALL OCCURRED INT HE #8 ROOM ON THE MMU 001 SECTION IN A UNDETECTED SLIP 19'X45'BY26" TO 40" THICK RESULTING IN THE DEATH OF 2 MINERS.
Sextet Mining Corp · Struck by falling object
INJURED MAN WAS WORKING IN THE SUMP PUMP AREA IN THE BOX CUT THEY WERE IN PROCESS OF MOVING A SUMP PUMP HIS HELPER HAD LEFT THE AREA OR A FEW MINUTES AND DID NOT SEE THE LARGE ROCK THAT FELL F ROM THE HIGHWALL AND HIT THE VICTIM STRICKING HIM IN JAW, NECK AND UPPER RIGHT CHEST AREA.