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Case study · MSHA Record #220190520004

Transit Man fatality

January 14, 2019 at 11:00 AM
Toms Fork Mine · TENNCO INC. · Bell County, KY
Investigator narrative
While the surveyor was setting up the instrument in #4 belt entry, the other surveyor was getting height measurements down #3 entry. A shuttle car loaded with coal coming from #2 entry tramming to the feeder struck and killed the surveyor near spad 24.
Record details
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type
Struck by powered moving object
Activity at time
Other, Nec
Subunit / location
UNDERGROUND
Underground location
INTERSECTION
Mining method
Continuous Mining
Source of injury
MINE JEEP,KERSEY,JITNEY
Nature of injury
MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part affected
MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Total mining experience
30 years
Experience at this mine
0 years
Experience in this job
15 years
Mine type
Underground
Sector
Coal
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