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Case study · MSHA Record #219850280030
Haul/Off Road/Coal/Ore/Pit/Quarry/Rock/Rubber Tire Truck Driver fatality
October 5, 1984 at 8:00 AM
No 1 Surface
· M K M Coal Company
· Pike County, KY
Investigator narrative
THE ROCK TRUCK WAS BROKE DOWN AT TIME OF ACCIDENT GENE WAS REPAIRING TRANSMISSION AND HE WAS UP UNDER IT TAKING OUT BOLT WHEN THE TRUCK JUMPED 18 INCHES KILLING THE VICTIM IT WASS SETTING ON A LEVEL GRADE WITH THE BED RAISED WITH HALF LOAD OF COAL IN IT
Record details
- Classification
- POWERED HAULAGE
- Accident type
- Struck by powered moving object
- Activity at time
- Machine Maintenance
- Subunit / location
- STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
- Source of injury
- HGHWY ORE CARIER,LRGE TRK
- Nature of injury
- CRUSHING
- Body part affected
- MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
- Total mining experience
- 15 years
- Experience at this mine
- 0 years
- Experience in this job
- 0 years
- Mine type
- Surface
- Sector
- Coal
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