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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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