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Case study · MSHA Record #219852340055
Fatal mining incident
August 19, 1985 at 5:50 PM
Big Brown Strip
· Luminant Mining Company LLC
· Freestone County, TX
Investigator narrative
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON BOOM SECTION OF SPREDER WHEN BOOM JOLTED UP CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO FALL TO GROUND HE SUSTAINED FATAL HEAD INJURIES
Record details
- Classification
- MACHINERY
- Accident type
- Fall from machine
- Activity at time
- Machine Maintenance
- Subunit / location
- STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
- Source of injury
- GROUND
- Nature of injury
- MULTIPLE INJURIES
- Body part affected
- HEAD,NEC
- Experience at this mine
- 0 years
- Mine type
- Surface
- Sector
- Coal
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