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Case study · MSHA Record #219862310001

Scoop Car Operator fatality

July 3, 1986 at 11:00 AM
No 58 · N & N Coal Company Inc · Sequatchie County, TN
Investigator narrative
TOO CLOSE TO RI6 CORNER.MOVING GOB ROCK WITH SCOOP FROM #19 X-CUT BETWEEN #2 AND #3 ENTRIES.ENTERING X-CUT TO LOAD SCOOP WHEN HIS HEAD BECAME CAUGHT BETWEEN SCOOP AND RIGHT RIB RESULTING IN FA TAL INJURIES. 3
Record details
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Activity at time
Load-Haul-Dump (Ug)
Subunit / location
UNDERGROUND
Underground location
INTERSECTION
Mining method
Conventional Stoping
Source of injury
UNDERGRD MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury
MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part affected
HEAD,NEC
Total mining experience
3 years
Experience at this mine
0 years
Experience in this job
0 years
Mine type
Underground
Sector
Coal
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