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Case study · MSHA Record #219871520080

Driver fatality

May 22, 1987 at 2:30 PM
No 28 Mine · K & M Coal Company · Sequatchie County, TN
Investigator narrative
THE VICTIM WAS 8ERVICING THE SCOOP AND APPARENTLY WHEN ATTEMPTING TO POSITION THE GREASE FITTINGS HE POSITIONED HIMSELF OVER THE BACK OF THE OPERATORS COMPARTMENT AND TRAMMED THE SCOOP FORWARD FROM A HIGH AR9A AND WAS TRAPPED BETWEEN THE SCOOP AND THE ROOF.
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
LAST OPEN CROSSCUT
Mining method
Other
Source of injury
UNDERGRD MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury
CRUSHING
Body part affected
MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Total mining experience
9 years
Experience at this mine
1 year
Experience in this job
1 year
Mine type
Underground
Sector
Coal
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