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Case study · MSHA Record #219840370154

Assistant Mine Foreman fatality

February 2, 1984 at 10:00 AM
E T R No 4 · Talkington Mining Corp · Rhea County, TN
Investigator narrative
SCOOP OPERATOR SHIFTED MACHINE WHILE IN HIGHER TOP, UNDER LOW TOP, WHICH CAUGHT OPERATOR CRUSHING RIB CAGE
Record details
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Activity at time
Load-Haul-Dump (Ug)
Subunit / location
UNDERGROUND
Underground location
INTERSECTION
Source of injury
MINE JEEP,KERSEY,JITNEY
Nature of injury
MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part affected
CHEST (RIBS/BREAST BONE/CHEST ORGNS)
Total mining experience
12 years
Experience at this mine
0 years
Experience in this job
9 years
Mine type
Underground
Sector
Coal
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