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Case study · MSHA Record #219842930003
Assistant Mine Foreman fatality
October 11, 1984 at 6:05 PM
Ovenfork Mine
· Blue Diamond Coal Company
· Letcher County, KY
Investigator narrative
CONTINUOUS MINER WAS CUTTING IN #1 ENTRY & HAD SET OVER TO BEGIN LEFT RUN I.NAME HAD JUST WALKED UP TO THE MINER & WAS STANDING BESIDE THE DECK A PC OF DRAW ROCK APPROX 6IN THICK 3FT WIDE & 10FT LONG FELL FROM BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS & RT RIB THIS PC OF ROCK STRUCK I.NAME CRUSHED HIS UPPER CHEST & RESULTED IN HIS DEATH
Record details
- Classification
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
- Accident type
- Struck by falling object
- Activity at time
- Supervise
- Subunit / location
- UNDERGROUND
- Underground location
- FACE
- Source of injury
- CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
- Nature of injury
- CRUSHING
- Body part affected
- CHEST (RIBS/BREAST BONE/CHEST ORGNS)
- Total mining experience
- 10 years
- Experience at this mine
- 10 years
- Experience in this job
- 6 years
- Mine type
- Underground
- Sector
- Coal
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