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Case study · MSHA Record #219841580006

Superintendent fatality

May 25, 1984 at 2:10 PM
North Mine · Wilmot Mining Company · Stark County, OH
Investigator narrative
VICTIM WAS BACKING DOWN SHORT RAMP, DID NOT TURN LOADER. WHEEL CLIMBED BANK. LOADER ROLLED OVER CRUSHING VICTIM, CRUSHED CHEST.
Record details
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Activity at time
Front-End Loader
Subunit / location
STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Source of injury
SURFACE MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury
CRUSHING
Body part affected
CHEST (RIBS/BREAST BONE/CHEST ORGNS)
Total mining experience
40 years
Experience at this mine
16 years
Experience in this job
10 years
Mine type
Surface
Sector
Coal
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