OPERATING DRILL BY RAISING MAST TO ACCOMMODATEFOR REPAIRS TO LEAKING HYDRAULIC CYLINDER LOCATED IN MAST.MAST WAS IN 80 DEG. RAISE POSITION WHEN BODY FOUND.ONE LINE WAS BROKEN AND LIE ON GROUND ONE TELEPHONE LINE STILL IN CONTACT WITH MAST.VICTIM WAS (HAD BEEN) STANDING ON GROUND AND OPERATING CONTROLS.
Brownies Creek Collieries Inc operator
Controlled by
Cyprus Amax Minerals Company
MSHA operator ID: P13635
Top causes
- ELECTRICAL 1 fatality · 1 non-fatal
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 14 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 14 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 10 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 7 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 4 non-fatal
Incident timeline
1985
18
1984
15
1983
22 (1f)
Mines on record
- Rocky Top Mine KY
- Mathel Mine KY
Fatalities under this operator
1 recorded
April 1, 1983
KY · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
Fatality · ELECTRICAL
Brownies Creek Collieries Inc · Contact with electrical current
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