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Case study · MSHA Record #219831290085

Crane Operator fatality

April 25, 1983 at 3:45 AM
Harrison County Mine · Consolidation Coal Company · Wetzel County, WV
Investigator narrative
...WHILE OPERATING DOZER ON COAL STOCKPILE FOR PREP PLANT,DOZER FELL INTO VOID IN COAL STOCKPILE APPX 35\.
Record details
Classification
MACHINERY
Accident type
Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings
Activity at time
Bulldozer
Subunit / location
MILL OPERATION/PREPARATION PLANT
Source of injury
BROKEN ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury
SUFFOC,SMOK INHILAT,DROWN
Body part affected
BODY SYSTEMS
Total mining experience
6 years
Experience at this mine
6 years
Experience in this job
2 years
Mine type
Underground
Sector
Coal
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