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
Experience at this mine: 0.02 years
Experience in this job: 40 years
Mine type: Underground
Sector: Coal

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