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Case study · MSHA Record #219853330162

Security Guard fatality

November 1, 1985 at 8:00 AM
#1 · Indian Mining Inc · Wise County, VA
Investigator narrative
THE VICTIM WAS 2PERATING A FRONT END LOADER ON SECONDARY MINE ACCESS ROAD IN VIRGINIA WHEN THE LOADER LEFT THE ROAD, OVERTURNED, AND SLID APPROX. 125 FT DOWN THE MTS SIDE. THE ACCESS ROAD WAS MAINTAINED BY 6LACKWOOD FUEL CO INC BIG STONE GAP VA THE VICTIM SUFFERED MULTIPLE INJURIES WHICH RESULTED IN HIS DEATH.
Record details
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type
Struck against a moving object
Activity at time
Front-End Loader
Subunit / location
SURFACE AT UNDERGROUND
Source of injury
SURFACE MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury
MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part affected
MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Experience at this mine
1 year
Mine type
Underground
Sector
Coal
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