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Case study · MSHA Record #220053540007
Miner fatality
December 9, 2005 at 3:45 PM
Bridger Underground Coal Mine
· Bridger Coal Company
· Sweetwater County, WY
Investigator narrative
While installing structural steel doors over coal bin EE went around safety rail without using fall protection on the door which was still attached to the crane to try to move the door & close a gap between the doors. The door shifted causing a support I-beam to move shifting the doors which caused him to fall. MSHA was notified 12/27/05 that he had expired from his injuries.
Record details
- Classification
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
- Accident type
- Fall to lower level, NEC
- Activity at time
- Surface Construction, Nec
- Subunit / location
- SURFACE AT UNDERGROUND
- Source of injury
- STORAGE TANKS AND BINS
- Nature of injury
- MULTIPLE INJURIES
- Body part affected
- HEAD,NEC
- Total mining experience
- 0 years
- Experience at this mine
- 0 years
- Experience in this job
- 5 years
- Mine type
- Underground
- Sector
- Coal
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