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Case study · MSHA Record #219872430002
Driver fatality
August 19, 1987 at 10:30 AM
No 1 Mine
· Granny Rose Coal Company
· Knox County, KY
Investigator narrative
THE VICTIM WAS 2PERATING A RUBBER TIRED TRACTOR ATTACHED TO A SHOP MADE BUCKET ON THE HAULROAD WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL ON THE TRACTOR 27X14X3 IN THICKNESS AS THE TRACTOR MOVED THE ROCK FELL IN THE DECK TR5CTOR PINCHING HIM IN THE STOMACH FATABLITY INJURY HIM.
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
- Hand
- Source of injury
- CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
- Nature of injury
- CRUSHING
- Body part affected
- ABDOMEN/INTERNAL ORGANS
- Total mining experience
- 8 years
- Experience at this mine
- 0 years
- Experience in this job
- 0 years
- Mine type
- Underground
- Sector
- Coal
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