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Case study · MSHA Record #219863160001

Security Guard fatality

October 21, 1986 at 4:35 PM
#2 Mine · Gabriel Mining Company Inc · Harlan County, KY
Investigator narrative
EE WAS OPERATIN1 A 644B FRONT END LOADER WHEN UNKNOWINGLY & WITHOUT THE OWNERS PERMISSION THE LOADER RAN OVER AN EMBANKMENT THROWING VICTIM OUT & LANDING ON TOP OF HIM CRUSHING HIM.
Record details
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type
Caught in, under or between NEC
Activity at time
Front-End Loader
Subunit / location
SURFACE AT UNDERGROUND
Source of injury
SURFACE MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury
CRUSHING
Body part affected
MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Experience at this mine
0 years
Mine type
Underground
Sector
Coal
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