Fatality · MSHA Record #220045550001
Belt Foreman, Maintenance Foreman, Maintenance Supervisor
February 3, 2004 at 4:30 PM
Operator: Calvary Coal Co. Inc (Charles Collins)
Leslie County, KY
ClassificationMACHINERY
TypeFall from machine
Investigator narrative
THE VICTIM WAS OPERATING AN AERIAL BOOM TRUCK INSIDE THE BUCKET TO DISMANTLE A SHOP BUILDING. THE VICTIM & TWO OTHER EMPLOYEES WERE USING THE BOOM OF THE BUCKET TRUCK TO LIFT UP WOODEN 4X6 POST. THE POST WAS BURIED IN THE GROUND WITH CONCRETE. WHILE LIFTING THE POST, THE VICTIM WAS THROWN OUT OF THE BUCKET WHEN THE POST SUDDENLY RELEASED FROM THE GROUND.
Record details
- Activity at time of incident
- Surface Equipment, Nec
- Subunit / location
- SURFACE AT UNDERGROUND
- Accident type
- Fall from machine
- Source of injury
- GROUND
- Nature of injury
- MULTIPLE INJURIES
- Total mining experience
- 25 years
- Experience at this mine
- 3 years
- Experience in this job
- 12 years
- Degree of injury
- FATALITY
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Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 220045550001 · Mine ID 1516349Trainer view →