Contact with hot objects or substances
MECHANIC WAS SPRAYING GLUE ON A GASKET WHEN THE CAN CAME INTO CONTACT WITH THE + POST ON THE BATTERY. THE CAN GROUNDED THE BATTERY CAUSING A FLASH FIRE WHICH RESULTED IN BURNS TO RIGHT HAND.
Surface Mine No. 2Coal
LCC Kentucky LLC · Surface
Controlled by Lexington Coal Company LLC
Carrie, Knott County, KY · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1517013
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 2
- Years on record
- 2001–2004
- Latest incident
- Mar 2004
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file2004 · 1 incident
2001 · 1 incident
Struck against a moving object
EE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF PUSHING MATERIAL TO A 992C LOADER WHEN HE BACKED OVER A ROCK, CAUSING A WHIPLASH MOTION TO HIS NECK. XRAYS SHOWED NEGATIVE.