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Case study · MSHA Record #220091800034

Bull Gang Foreman fatality

June 9, 2009 at 7:15 PM
D & C Mining Corporation · D & C Mining Corporation · Harlan County, KY
Investigator narrative
Supply car was bringing concrete block into break to build permanent stoppings when chain broke letting supply car roll through curtain crushing foreman between supply car and 94L bridge causing fatal injury.
Record details
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Activity at time
Supervise
Subunit / location
UNDERGROUND
Underground location
LAST OPEN CROSSCUT
Source of injury
NONPOWRD VECH-DOLI,WHLBRW
Nature of injury
CRUSHING
Body part affected
HIPS (PELVIS/ORGANS/KIDNEYS/BUTTOCKS)
Total mining experience
40 years
Experience at this mine
5 years
Experience in this job
30 years
Mine type
Underground
Sector
Coal
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