Fatality · MSHA Record #219852350002

Front-End Loader fatality at Bark Camp Strip (Glen Irvan Corp), PA, August 6, 1985

at 3:25 PM

On August 6, 1985, a front-end loader was fatally injured in a falling/sliding/rolling materials accident at Bark Camp Strip (Glen Irvan Corp), PA.

Bark Camp Strip · Surface · Coal

Operator: Glen Irvan Corp (Stoker Irvan)

Clearfield County, PA

Classification FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS

Type Struck by falling object

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Investigator narrative

A ROCK OF APPROXIMATELY 5 TONS BROKE LOOSE FROM THE WLL AND PINNED THE OPERATOR AGAINST THE LOADER WHILE HE WAS GREASING THE MACHINE

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Machine Maintenance
Subunit / location: STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Accident type: Struck by falling object
Source of injury: BROKEN ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury: MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part affected: MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Total mining experience: 10 years
Experience at this mine: 10 years
Experience in this job: 10 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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