Coal Mine Safety and Health Report of Investigation: Underground Coal Mine. Fatal Fall of Roof Accident, October 6, 2006, at Mine No. 2, D and R Coal, Incorporated, Barbourville, Knox County, Kentucky, ID No. 15-18261

摘要

On Friday, October 6, 2006, Joseph B. Seay, a 56-year old roof bolter operator with 12 years of experience roof bolting and 27 years of mining experience was fatally injured at D & R Coal, Inc., Mine No. 2. The accident occurred when Seay traveled inby the last row of permanent roof supports while marking the mine roof for locations to install roof bolts in the last open crosscut that connected the No. 7 and No. 8 entries of the working section. A section of roof rock measuring approximately 34-inches wide by 73-inches long by 6 to 8-inches thick fell from the unsupported area, striking Seay, causing fatal crushing injuries. The accident occurred because of mine management's failure to ensure that employees did not work or travel under unsupported roof.