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Case study · MSHA Record #219831960001

Laborer fatality

July 11, 1983 at 2:00 AM
Grove #1 Mine · G M & W Coal Company Inc · Somerset County, PA
Investigator narrative
THE VICTIM WAS STANDING ALONG THE LEFT RIB SIDE OF THE CROSSCUT 4 TO 5 ENTRY APPROX 20 FT OUTBY STATION #34751 OF THE 5 RT 002 SECTION THE VICTIM WAS STRUCK IN BOTH LEGS WHILE THE JOY 10 SC -2 2 SHUTTLECAR WAS ENROUTE FROM WORKING PLACE TO THE SECTION DUMPING POINT THE VICTIM SUSTAINED AMPUTATION OF BOTH LEGS IMMEDIATE FIRST AID WAS ADMINISTERED AND VICTIM WAS EVACUATED TO HOSPITAL
Record details
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Activity at time
Observe Operations
Subunit / location
UNDERGROUND
Underground location
INTERSECTION
Mining method
Continuous Mining
Source of injury
MINE JEEP,KERSEY,JITNEY
Nature of injury
AMPUTATION OR ENUCLEATION
Body part affected
LEG, NEC
Total mining experience
6 years
Experience at this mine
6 years
Experience in this job
6 years
Mine type
Surface
Sector
Coal
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