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Case study · MSHA Record #220040340001

Laborer fatality

January 22, 2004 at 11:00 PM
Pinnacle Mine · Andalex Resources Inc · Carbon County, UT
Investigator narrative
THE VICTIM WAS OPERATING DIESEL TRACTOR PULLING A WATER TRAILER. HE DROVE TO THE SURFACE AREA AND PARKED THE TRAILER. HE THEN PULLED AWAY FROM THE TRAILER AND RAN INTO A LONGWALL SHIELD WHICH WAS STORED ON THE SURFACE AREA OF THE MINE.
Record details
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type
Struck against a moving object
Activity at time
Surface Equipment, Nec
Subunit / location
SURFACE AT UNDERGROUND
Source of injury
LONGWALL SUPT,JKS & CHOCK
Nature of injury
CRUSHING
Body part affected
HEAD, MULTIPLE PARTS
Total mining experience
7 years
Experience at this mine
0 years
Experience in this job
0 years
Mine type
Facility
Sector
Coal
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