Mining Incidents
Fatality · MSHA Record #219860490132

Lw Propman

February 11, 1986 at 8:25 PM
Virginia Pocahontas 3 · Underground · Coal
Buchanan County, VA
Classification POWERED HAULAGE
Type Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Investigator narrative
MAN WAS CLEANIN1 AT BOTTOM OF REFUSE AREA LOADING SITE WHEN HE STEPPED IN FRONT OF AN AERIAL TRAM CAR THIS CAR ROLLED VICTIM BETWEEN A VERTICAL SUPPORT BEAM AND THE CAR THE VICTIM SUSTAINED CU CRUSHING INJ6RIES TO THE CHEST WHICH PROVED TO BE FATAL
Record details
Activity at time of incident
Hand Load, Hand Shoveling
Subunit / location
MILL OPERATION/PREPARATION PLANT
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Source of injury
SURFACE MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury
CRUSHING
Body part affected
CHEST (RIBS/BREAST BONE/CHEST ORGNS)
Total mining experience
13 years
Experience at this mine
11 years
Experience in this job
10 years
Degree of injury
FATALITY
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