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Cherokee Mining Company Inc operator

Controlled by Henry Chaney Jr

MSHA operator ID: P20944

Fatalities: 1
Total incidents: 6
Mines on record: 1
Years on record: 1990–1992

Top causes

FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 1 fatality · 2 non-fatal
HANDLING OF MATERIALS 1 non-fatal
MACHINERY 1 non-fatal
POWERED HAULAGE 1 non-fatal

Incident timeline

1992

1991

3 (1f)

1990

Mines on record

#1 KY

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded

August 28, 1991 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Cherokee Mining Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING THE #3 MOBILE BRIDHE CARRIER,LOCATED BEHIND THE MINER IN THE #3 ENTRY WHEN A ROCK FELL FROM THE ROOF MEASURING APPROXIMATELY 70'X20'X5-7'H ONTO THE MOBILE BRIDGE CARRIER CAUSING FAAL INJURIES TO HIM.

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