Fatality · MSHA Record #220063170043
Bull Gang Foreman
November 4, 2006
at 1:30 PM
Operator:
McCoy Elkhorn Coal Corp.
(James River Coal Company)
Pike County, KY
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Type
Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Investigator narrative
Employee was operating a scoop between the #5 & #6 entries on the 001/002 MMU one break inby survey station #1411. He was pulling a shuttle car cable that had been wrapped around the canopy post on the left side of the operating deck. As he was pulling the cable, the rear wheel of the scoop ran over the cable. This caused the cable to unwrap & strike him on the side of his head.
Record details
- Activity at time of incident
- Load-Haul-Dump (Ug)
- Subunit / location
- UNDERGROUND
- Underground location
- FACE
- Mining method
- Continuous Mining
- Accident type
- Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
- Source of injury
- CONDCTR,ELCT,CBL,TROL POL
- Nature of injury
- MULTIPLE INJURIES
- Body part affected
- HEAD,NEC
- Total mining experience
- 25 years
- Experience at this mine
- 2 years
- Experience in this job
- 13 years
- Degree of injury
- FATALITY
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Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 220063170043 · Mine ID 1518721
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