Laborer fatality at Somerset Portal Eighty Four Complex (Beth Energy Mines Inc), PA, April 19, 1984

I.NAME WAS POURING CONCRETE IN THE 6 SWITCH MAINLINE HAULAGE AREA ALONG WITH I.NAME, I.NAME AND I.NAME. I.NAME WAS STANDING ALONG SIDE THE CONCRETE PULLING CONCRETE OUT OF THE DOORS OF THE CAR . A 44-TON LOCOMOTIVE PULLING LOADS SLOWLY CAME INTO THE AREA AND STRUCK THE CONCRETE CAR KNOCKING ONE SIDE OFF TRACK. I.NAME WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE CAR AND THE RIB RESULTING IN THE FATALITY.

Activity at time of incident

Cement Work, Gunite Crew

Subunit / location

UNDERGROUND

Underground location

INTERSECTION

Mining method

Continuous Mining

Accident type

Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Source of injury

NARO G RAIL CR,MTR-UG EQP

Nature of injury

MULTIPLE INJURIES

Body part affected

TRUNK, MULTIPLE PARTS

Total mining experience

32 years

Experience at this mine

32 years

Experience in this job

2 years

Degree of injury

FATALITY

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