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Case study · MSHA Record #220121530003
Welder (Shop) fatality
April 25, 2012 at 9:00 AM
KC #1
· McCoy Elkhorn Coal Corp.
· Knott County, KY
Investigator narrative
Worker took it on his self to cut belt line down without the use of the equipment that we was using to take it down with. He cut it then started walking away from it as it was falling. Then it caught the catwalk he was on and flipped him over the double hand rail on the catwalk and fell to the ground about 20 ft down.
Record details
- Classification
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
- Accident type
- Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms
- Activity at time
- Welding Or Cutting
- Subunit / location
- SURFACE AT UNDERGROUND
- Source of injury
- GROUND
- Nature of injury
- MULTIPLE INJURIES
- Body part affected
- MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
- Experience at this mine
- 0 years
- Experience in this job
- 40 years
- Mine type
- Underground
- Sector
- Coal
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