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Case study · MSHA Record #219871100240

Laborer fatality

April 10, 1987 at 2:30 PM
Ridgeline Mine · Falcon Coal Company Inc · Breathitt County, KY
Investigator narrative
EMPLOYEE WAS OP9RATING PARTS TRUCK TRAVELING ON MINE ACCESS ROAD. WHILE TRAVELING ON ROAD, EMPLOYEE CROSSED INTO THE PATH OF A TIRE TRUCK RESULTING IN A HEAD ON COLLISION.
Record details
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type
Struck against a moving object
Activity at time
Utility Truck, Water Trucks
Subunit / location
STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Source of injury
PASS CARS,PICKUP TRUCKS
Nature of injury
MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part affected
MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Experience at this mine
16 years
Mine type
Surface
Sector
Coal
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