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Case study · MSHA Record #219862830001
Laborer fatality
October 6, 1986 at 3:45 PM
Purco Strip
· Purco Coal Inc
· Fayette County, PA
Investigator narrative
I NAME, A LABOR9R WAS CLEANING COAL WITH HAND SHOVEL ALONG SPOIL PILE PICKING UP LOOSE MATERIAL FOLLOWING THE LOADER THAT WAS CLEANING UP LARGER MATERIAL. A SMALL P PORTION OF THE3SPOIL PILE SLID AND ENTRAPPED I NAME
Record details
- Classification
- FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
- Accident type
- Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings
- Activity at time
- Hand Load, Hand Shoveling
- Subunit / location
- STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
- Source of injury
- BROKEN ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
- Nature of injury
- CRUSHING
- Body part affected
- MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
- Total mining experience
- 12 years
- Experience at this mine
- 12 years
- Experience in this job
- 12 years
- Mine type
- Surface
- Sector
- Coal
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