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Case study · MSHA Record #219865550001
Mine Manager fatality
January 9, 1986 at 1:30 PM
No 1
· Monroe Transport Inc
· Letcher County, KY
Investigator narrative
VICTIM WAS IN P9OCESS OF TRAMMING A CAT 992 FRONTEND LOADER UP AN 11 DEG. SLOPE ALONG A ROADWAY LEADING FROM THE MORRIS COALBED EXPLORATION PIT AFTER TRAVELING 258 FT UP SLOPE AN OIL LINE LEA DING FROM THE E3GINE TO THE RT TURBO CHARGER RUPTURED RESULTING IN THE ESCAPE OF ENGINE LUB OIL AFTER TRAVELING AN ADDITIONAL 228 FT THE ENGINE EITHER STALLED OR WAS SHUT OFF BY THE OPERATOR T
Record details
- Classification
- POWERED HAULAGE
- Accident type
- Struck by... NEC
- Activity at time
- Front-End Loader
- Subunit / location
- STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
- Source of injury
- SURFACE MINING MACHINES
- Nature of injury
- MULTIPLE INJURIES
- Body part affected
- MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
- Total mining experience
- 20 years
- Experience at this mine
- 0 years
- Experience in this job
- 0 years
- Mine type
- Surface
- Sector
- Coal
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