Mining Incidents
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Case study · MSHA Record #219863650001

Fatal mining incident

October 28, 1986 at 11:00 AM
Pennies Bank · Rossi Excavating Company · Luzerne County, PA
Investigator narrative
A NON EMPLOYEE 7OOK A RUBBER TIRE LOADER WITHOUT PERMISSION OF OPERATOR AND AS A RESULT WENT OVER AN EMBANKMENT AND WAS KILLED
Record details
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Activity at time
Front-End Loader
Subunit / location
CULM BANK/REFUSE PILE
Source of injury
SURFACE MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury
FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part affected
SKULL
Mine type
Facility
Sector
Coal
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