Fatality · MSHA Record #219853540019

Gathering Arm Loader Operator fatality at Cherokee Mine (Tennessee Chemical Company), TN, December 12, 1985

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On December 12, 1985, a gathering arm loader operator was fatally injured in a powered haulage accident at Cherokee Mine (Tennessee Chemical Company), TN.

Cherokee Mine · Underground · Metal/Non-Metal

Operator: Tennessee Chemical Company (Davis Bruce D)

Polk County, TN

Classification POWERED HAULAGE

Type Fall from machine

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Investigator narrative

INJ OPERATING L2ADER ON RAMP BETTWEEN 14 & 16 LEVELS.LOADER WENT OUT OF CONTROL AND STARTED BACK DOWN RAMP.OPERATOR THROWN OR JUMPED FROM LOADER.PRONOUNCED DEAD AT SCENE BY DR. OF CERVICAL FRA CTURE.--TRUCK T9AVELLING UP SAME RAMP,LOADER OPERATOR LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE AND HIT THE TRUCK.

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Front-End Loader
Subunit / location: UNDERGROUND
Underground location: INBY PERMANENT SUPPORT
Mining method: Conventional Stoping
Accident type: Fall from machine
Source of injury: MINE FLOOR,BOTTOM,FOOTWAL
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part affected: MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Total mining experience: 13 years
Experience at this mine: 13 years
Experience in this job: 2 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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