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Case study · MSHA Record #219841000013

Continuous Miner Helper fatality

March 28, 1984 at 8:12 PM
Sundial No 10b · Peabody Coal Company · Raleigh County, WV
Investigator narrative
VICTIM WAS ATTEMPTING TO TRAVEL ALONG SIDE OF A SHUTTLE CAR WHILE THE MINER WAS LOADING & THE MINER BACKED OUT OF THE PLACE PUSHING THE SHUTTLE CAR TOWARD THE RIB PINNING HIM
Record details
Classification
MACHINERY
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Activity at time
Walking, Running
Subunit / location
UNDERGROUND
Underground location
INTERSECTION
Mining method
Continuous Mining
Source of injury
MINE JEEP,KERSEY,JITNEY
Nature of injury
MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part affected
HIPS (PELVIS/ORGANS/KIDNEYS/BUTTOCKS)
Total mining experience
11 years
Experience at this mine
3 years
Experience in this job
0 years
Mine type
Underground
Sector
Coal
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