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K & M Coal Company operator

Controlled by Meeks Alfred Jr & Billy Joe Kilgore

MSHA operator ID: P17186

Fatalities: 1
Total incidents: 6
Mines on record: 1
Years on record: 1986–1989

Top causes

POWERED HAULAGE 1 fatality · 2 non-fatal
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 1 non-fatal
HANDLING OF MATERIALS 1 non-fatal
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 1 non-fatal

Incident timeline

1989

1988

1987

1 (1f)

1986

Mines on record

No 28 Mine TN

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded

May 22, 1987 TN · Coal driver, jeep driver, tractor operator Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE

K & M Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THE VICTIM WAS 8ERVICING THE SCOOP AND APPARENTLY WHEN ATTEMPTING TO POSITION THE GREASE FITTINGS HE POSITIONED HIMSELF OVER THE BACK OF THE OPERATORS COMPARTMENT AND TRAMMED THE SCOOP FORWARD FROM A HIGH AR9A AND WAS TRAPPED BETWEEN THE SCOOP AND THE ROOF.

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