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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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