THE VICTIM HAD DRIVEN A 1991 TOYOTA PICK-UP TRUCK FROM THE COAL STORAGE AREA TO THE MINE SHOP LOCATED ON THE SURFACE AREA OF THIS MINE. THE VICTIM PARKED THE TRUCK AND HAD GOTTEN OUT AND WAS S TANDING BESIDE OF THE TRUCK WHEN THE EXPLOSION OCCURRED ACCORDING TO WITNESSES. THE CAUSE OF THEEXPLOSION IS UNDETERMINED AT THIS TIME, MSHA'S INVESTIGATION IS ON-GOING.
Ash Trucking Company Inc operator
Controlled by
Terry G Loving
MSHA operator ID: P20042
Top causes
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 1 fatality · 1 non-fatal
- EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS 1 fatality
- DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS 12 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 6 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 6 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 4 non-fatal
Incident timeline
1997
1 (1f)
1996
9
1995
10
1994
16
1993
1
1992
1
1991
1 (1f)
Mines on record
Fatalities under this operator
2 recorded
January 29, 1997
KY · Coal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
Fatality · EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS
Ash Trucking Company Inc · Unclassified, insufficient data
May 17, 1991
KY · Coal
continuous miner operator, coal mole operator
Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Ash Trucking Company Inc · Struck by falling object
VICTIM WAS RIDING THE 1 BELT INSIDE THE MINE GOING TO THE ACTIVE WORKING SECTION AND HIT A ROCK WHICH HAD FALLEN SOMETIME BETWEEN 800 P.M. ON 5-16-91 AND 605 AM ON 5-17-91.
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