Bull Gang Foreman

April 23, 1987 at 11:30 AM

Dobbin Mine · Underground · Coal

Operator: Island Creek Coal Company (Occidental Petroleum Corp)

Grant County, WV

Classification FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL

Type Fall onto or against objects

Investigator narrative

THE VICTIM WAS 8TRUCK BY A PIECE OF LOOSE COAL RIB ON THE LONGWALL SECTION NEXT TO THE STAGE LOADER, CAUSING HIM TO STRIKE HISHEAD AGAINST A METAL FLANGE ON THE BARREL OF THE SPEED REDUCER-CAU SING A SEVERE H9AD INJURY.

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Observe Operations
Subunit / location: UNDERGROUND
Underground location: INTERSECTION
Mining method: Longwall
Accident type: Fall onto or against objects
Source of injury: METAL,(Not Elsewhere Classified)(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
Nature of injury: MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part affected: HEAD,NEC
Total mining experience: 22 years
Experience at this mine: 8 years
Experience in this job: 9 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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