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Case study · MSHA Record #220213000029
Maintenance Man fatality
October 19, 2021 at 1:50 PM
Buckingham Mine
· CCU Coal and Construction LLC
· Perry County, OH
Investigator narrative
Employee was working on removing a pin from a leveling cylinder on the back of the rock truck. While the employee was performing this work, the haul truck bed fell on top of the employee.
Record details
- Classification
- POWERED HAULAGE
- Accident type
- Struck by falling object
- Activity at time
- Machine Maintenance
- Subunit / location
- SURFACE AT UNDERGROUND
- Source of injury
- HGHWY ORE CARIER,LRGE TRK
- Nature of injury
- CRUSHING
- Body part affected
- MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
- Total mining experience
- 17 years
- Experience at this mine
- 17 years
- Experience in this job
- 0 years
- Mine type
- Facility
- Sector
- Coal
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