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Case study · MSHA Record #219872990002
Belt Foreman fatality
October 20, 1987 at 2:45 PM
Hobet Mine
· Hobet Mining Inc
· Boone County, WV
Investigator narrative
THE EMPLOYEE WA8 SUPERVISING THE REMOVAL SHEAVES FROM THE DRAGLINE BOOM THE P & H CRANE OPERATOR HAD THE JIB IN THE AIR PREPARING TO LIFT THE HOIST CABLES OF THE DRAGLINE BOOM AND WHEN HE HAD LIFTED THE CAB5E APPROX 8 IN THE JIB FELL STRIKING EMPLOYEE AT THE BASE OF HIS HEAD THE FORCE OF THE IMPACT KNOCKED HIM INTO THE DRAGLINE SHEAVE THUS CAUSING THE CRUSHING FATAL INJURY TO EMPL
Record details
- Classification
- MACHINERY
- Accident type
- Fall onto or against objects
- Activity at time
- Supervise
- Subunit / location
- STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
- Source of injury
- SURFACE MINING MACHINES
- Nature of injury
- CRUSHING
- Body part affected
- HEAD,NEC
- Total mining experience
- 11 years
- Experience at this mine
- 5 years
- Experience in this job
- 3 years
- Mine type
- Surface
- Sector
- Coal
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