Coal Mine Safety and Health Report of Investigation: (Surface Coal Mine), Fatal Accident (Machinery), January 26, 2013, Watts Welding and Fabricating (NXA), Slemp, Kentucky at Begley Resources No. 1, T and T Energy, LLC, Hyden, Leslie County, Kentucky. MS

摘要

On Saturday, January 26, 2013, at approximately 11:10 a.m., a machinery accident occurred at the T & T Energy, LLC, Begley Resources No. 1 Mine, located near Hyden, Leslie County, Kentucky. Jerry A. Watts (victim), a 52 year old contract welder with 30 years of experience, received blunt force trauma injuries when he was struck by a metal liner (component of the push blade) being repaired on a Caterpillar D10R bulldozers push blade. (See Appendix E for sketch). The victim died from injuries sustained in the accident. There were no eye-witnesses to the accident.