Lost Mountain Mining Company · Fall from machine
FATAL ACCIDENT - VICTIM APPARENTLY FELL 31 FEET FROM AN ELEVATED CATWALK [UN-WITNESSED], STRIKING A STINGER BAR CAUSING MASSIVE DAMAGE TO HIS BODY RESULTING IN HIS DEATH.
Lost Mountain Mining Company operator
Controlled by
Cyprus Amax Minerals Company
MSHA operator ID: P09755
Top causes
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 1 fatality · 36 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 1 fatality · 27 non-fatal
- ELECTRICAL 1 fatality · 1 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 39 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 16 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 14 non-fatal
Incident timeline
1996
4
1995
13 (1f)
1994
22
1993
16
1992
16
1991
14
1990
14
1989
13
1988
8 (1f)
1987
8
1986
4
1985
9
1984
15 (1f)
1983
4
Mines on record
- Lost Mountain Mining KY
- No5 KY
- Shop Building KY
- No1 KY
- #2 Surface Mine KY
Fatalities under this operator
3 recorded
June 15, 1988
KY · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
Fatality · ELECTRICAL
Lost Mountain Mining Company · Contact with electrical current
AN ACCIDENT OCCURRED ON 061588 WHEN AN EMPLOYEE CLIMBED INTO A MAN HOLE UNDER A 2300 P&H SHOVEL & CAME IN CONTACT WITH CONNECTORS RING WHICH CONTAINED HIGH VOLTAGE POWER WHICH RESULTED IN A FA TAL ACCIDENT
April 4, 1984
KY · Coal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Lost Mountain Mining Company · Struck by powered moving object
COAL TRUCK IMPACTED EMPLOYEE AND EMPLOYEE WAS RUN OVER BY THE WHEELS. FATAL INVOLVED TRUCK OWNED BY J & K TRUCKING (CONTRACTOR #E7L)
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