Fatality · MSHA Record #220151520007
Outside Foreman fatality at Allen Branch Surface Mine (Apex Energy, Inc.), KY, May 28, 2015
at 11:55 AM
On May 28, 2015, an outside foreman was fatally injured in a powered haulage accident at Allen Branch Surface Mine (Apex Energy, Inc.), KY.
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Investigator narrative
The employee was connecting a chain around the bumper of a tractor to a road grader when the grader rolled back and pinned him between to bumper of the tractor and Grader.
Record details
- Activity at time of incident
- Couple Or Uncouple Mine Car
- Subunit / location
- STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
- Accident type
- Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
- Source of injury
- SURFACE MINING MACHINES
- Nature of injury
- CRUSHING
- Body part affected
- HEAD,NEC
- Total mining experience
- 27 years
- Experience at this mine
- 1 year
- Experience in this job
- 15 years
- Degree of injury
- FATALITY
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Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 220151520007 · Mine ID 1519722
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