Fatality · MSHA Record #219832690005

Welder (Shop) fatality at Leslie Tipple (Power Operating Company Inc), PA, September 19, 1983

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On September 19, 1983, a welder (shop) was fatally injured in a powered haulage accident at Leslie Tipple (Power Operating Company Inc), PA.

Leslie Tipple · Facility · Coal

Operator: Power Operating Company Inc (Ryan Group Ltd)

Clearfield County, PA

Classification POWERED HAULAGE

Type Fall from machine

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Investigator narrative

A WIRE ROPE HOLDING THE COAL CHUTE LOADOUT IN A HORIZONTAL POSITION BECAME DISENGAGED CAUSING HUTE TO FALL INTO A VERTICAL POSITION. WHEN THE CHUTE, WHICH WAS HINGED AT ONE END, FELL TO THIS VERTICAL POSITION THE EMPLOYEE FELL APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET AND APPEARED TO HAVE STRUCK HIS HEAD ON A RAIL ROAD RAIL.

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Machine Maintenance
Subunit / location: MILL OPERATION/PREPARATION PLANT
Accident type: Fall from machine
Source of injury: STEEL RAIL (ALL KINDS)
Nature of injury: MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part affected: HEAD, MULTIPLE PARTS
Total mining experience: 7 years
Experience at this mine: 0 years
Experience in this job: 7 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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