Fatality · MSHA Record #219841700020

Front-End Loader fatality at Panther Point Mine (Hammill Construction Company Inc), NC, June 8, 1984

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On June 8, 1984, a front-end loader was fatally injured in a powered haulage accident at Panther Point Mine (Hammill Construction Company Inc), NC.

Panther Point Mine · Surface · Metal/Non-Metal

Operator: Hammill Construction Company Inc (Jerry F Hammill et al)

Rowan County, NC

Classification POWERED HAULAGE

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

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Investigator narrative

I,NAME WAS STARTING TO UNLOAD ON THE STOCK PILE, HE STARTED BOUNCING IN HIS SEAT FROM EXCESSIVE SPEED, AND ROUGHNESS OF THE GROUND FROM A PREVIOUS LOAD. THIS IS THE OPINING OF THE TWO WITNESSE S, ALSO THEY SAID THAT JEFF WAS STILL ACCELERATING AND GOING TOO FAST, FASTER THAN HE HAD BEEN GOING EARLIER. HE WAS BOUNCED OFF THE SCRAPER AND RUN OVER BY THE TIRES.

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Scraper, Pan Scraper
Subunit / location: STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Accident type: Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Source of injury: SURFACE MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury: MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part affected: HEAD,NEC
Total mining experience: 0 years
Experience at this mine: 0 years
Experience in this job: 0 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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