Fatality · MSHA Record #219861110002
Front-End Loader fatality at Centralia Coal Mine (Centralia Mining Company), WA, April 15, 1986
at 7:30 PM
On April 15, 1986, a front-end loader was fatally injured in a powered haulage accident at Centralia Coal Mine (Centralia Mining Company), WA.
Lewis County, WA
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Type
Struck against a moving object
Investigator narrative
SCRAPER WENT OF0 MAIN HAUL ROAD & DOWN 25' EMBANKMENT OVERTURNING ON OPERATOR
Record details
- Activity at time of incident
- Scraper, Pan Scraper
- Subunit / location
- STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
- Accident type
- Struck against a moving object
- Source of injury
- SURFACE MINING MACHINES
- Nature of injury
- MULTIPLE INJURIES
- Body part affected
- MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
- Total mining experience
- 1 year
- Experience at this mine
- 1 year
- Experience in this job
- 1 year
- Degree of injury
- FATALITY
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Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 219861110002 · Mine ID 4500416
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