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Case study · MSHA Record #219872670001

Outside Foreman fatality

September 15, 1987 at 6:30 PM
Mine E-3 · G & R S Coal Company Inc · Pike County, KY
Investigator narrative
THE VICTIM WAS 7RAMMING A CAT. MODEL 966C FRONTEND LOADER FROM THE NEWLY CONSTRUCTED E-3 MINE SIGHT TO POTTER MINING CO SHOP FACILITY LOCATED 295 MILES AWAY. AFTER HAVING TRAVELED 8 MILES ALON G THE ELEVATED 9OADWAY, THE FRONTEND LEFT THE ROADWAY AND TRAVELED OVER THE OUTER EDGE OF THE ROADWAY, OVERTURNING ONTO ITS RIGHT SIDE. FRONTEND SLID DOWN THE EMBANKEMENT AND CAME TO REST AFT
Record details
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Activity at time
Getting On Or Off Equipment
Subunit / location
SURFACE AT UNDERGROUND
Source of injury
SURFACE MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury
CRUSHING
Body part affected
MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Total mining experience
16 years
Experience at this mine
0 years
Experience in this job
12 years
Mine type
Underground
Sector
Coal
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