Fatality · MSHA Record #219840620031
Shuttle Car Operator
February 24, 1984
at 6:40 PM
Letcher County, KY
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Investigator narrative
VICTIM WAS ASSISTING THE SECTION ELECTRICIAN IN SPLICING THE TRAILING CABLE TO HIS SHUTTLE CAR WHICH WAS PARKED ON A GRADE. THE SHUTTLE CAR ROLLED DOWN THE GRADE, RUNNING OVER THE VICTIM. THE ELECTRICIAN WAS KNOCKED IN THE CLEAR AND WAS INJURED. VICTIM HAD BROKEN NECK AND CRUSHED CHEST
Record details
- Activity at time of incident
- Electrical Maintenance
- Subunit / location
- UNDERGROUND
- Underground location
- INBY PERMANENT SUPPORT
- Accident type
- Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
- Source of injury
- MINE JEEP,KERSEY,JITNEY
- Nature of injury
- MULTIPLE INJURIES
- Body part affected
- MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
- Total mining experience
- 2 years
- Experience at this mine
- 0 years
- Experience in this job
- 1 year
- Degree of injury
- FATALITY
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Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 219840620031 · Mine ID 1513930
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