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Case study · MSHA Record #219832310031

Assistant Mine Foreman fatality

August 11, 1983 at 11:15 PM
Emilie No 4 Mine · Keystone Coal Mining Corp · Armstrong County, PA
Investigator narrative
THE VICTIM WAS CRAWLING INBY IN #2 ROOM TOWARD THE CROSSCUT #2-#1. A SHUTTLE CAR CAME FROM THE CROSSCUT #2-#3 INTO THE INTERSECTION. THE VICTIM WAS CRUSHED AGAINST THE OUTBY LEFT RIB ACORNER OF THE INTERSECTION BY THE SHUTTLE CAR. THE VICTIM WAS NOT SEEN BY THE SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT.
Record details
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Activity at time
Crawling, Kneeling
Subunit / location
UNDERGROUND
Underground location
INTERSECTION
Mining method
Continuous Mining
Source of injury
MINE JEEP,KERSEY,JITNEY
Nature of injury
CRUSHING
Body part affected
CHEST (RIBS/BREAST BONE/CHEST ORGNS)
Total mining experience
15 years
Experience at this mine
5 years
Experience in this job
11 years
Mine type
Underground
Sector
Coal
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