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Case study · MSHA Record #219851860001

Electrician fatality

June 4, 1985 at 8:00 AM
No 3 · Raven Red Ash Coal Corp · Buchanan County, VA
Investigator narrative
VICTIM WAS BACKING SCOOP INTO BREAKTHRU AND CAUGHT HEAD BETWEEN SCOOP AND RIB
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
Mining method
Continuous Mining
Source of injury
UNDERGRD MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury
MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part affected
HEAD,NEC
Total mining experience
14 years
Experience at this mine
0 years
Mine type
Underground
Sector
Coal
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