Fatality · MSHA Record #219843120048

Bulldozer Operator fatality at Pike No. 2 Mine (Old Ben Coal Company), IN, October 30, 1984

at 1:40 PM

On October 30, 1984, a bulldozer operator was fatally injured in a machinery accident at Pike No. 2 Mine (Old Ben Coal Company), IN.

Pike No. 2 Mine · Surface · Coal

Operator: Old Ben Coal Company (British Petroleum Company PLC)

Pike County, IN

Classification MACHINERY

Type Drowning

Investigator narrative

I.NAME WAS OPERATING A TTACTOR AND PUSHING MATERIAL INTO A LAKE DURING A RECLAMATION OPERATION MATERIAL NEAR THE LAKE COLLAPSED UNDER THE WEIGHT OF THE TRACTOR AND THE TRACTOR SLID INTO LAKE I N 12 TO 15FT OF WATER

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Bulldozer
Subunit / location: STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Accident type: Drowning
Source of injury: WATER
Nature of injury: SUFFOC,SMOK INHILAT,DROWN
Body part affected: BODY SYSTEMS
Total mining experience: 9 years
Experience at this mine: 8 years
Experience in this job: 7 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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