THE EE WAS OPERATING A SINGLE BOOM ROOF BOLTER IN THE #6 ENTRY. IN THE PROCESS OF DRILLING A HOLE FOR BOLT INSTALATION THE EE WAS STRICKEN WITH A PIECE OF FALLEN ROOF APPROX. 20'X 21'X 14 FT. IN SIZE. THIS RESULTED IN FATAL INJURIES TO THE EMPLOYEE.
Knott County Mining CompanyOperator
- Fatalities
- 1
- Total incidents
- 64
- Mines on record
- 7
- Years on record
- 2000–2004
Safety benchmark
Recorded fatalities relative to other operators with a fatal MSHA history. Percentile is computed across the 739 operators with at least one recorded fatality.
More recorded fatalities than 0% of operators on file.
Position when operators are sorted by recorded fatalities.
Industry mean: 1.6 fatalities per fatal-history operator.
- Bellco Materials Inc2fatal63 total
- Ohio American Energy Incorporated1fatal64 total
- Walker Sand and Gravel1fatal64 total
- Uae Coalcorp Associates1fatal64 total
- Knott County Mining Companythis operator1fatal64 total
Methodology: percentile and rank computed across MSHA operators with at least one recorded fatality. Industry mean is the average across that same population. Peers are sampled by closest total-incident count, regardless of fatality outcome.
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Top causes
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK1 fatality · 15 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS18 non-fatal
- MACHINERY13 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)4 non-fatal
- NO VALUE FOUND4 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON2 non-fatal