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Case study · MSHA Record #219882850366

Security Guard fatality

September 27, 1988 at 1:00 AM
Roxana Prep Plant · Lake Coal Company Inc · Letcher County, KY
Investigator narrative
FIREARM OF SECURITY GUARD FELL FROM SHOULDER HOLSTER STRIKING CONCRETE FLOOR, THEREBY DISCHARGING THE FIREARM AND FATALLY WOUNDING HIMSELF.
Record details
Classification
OTHER
Accident type
Struck by... NEC
Activity at time
Handling Supplies Or Material
Subunit / location
MILL OPERATION/PREPARATION PLANT
Source of injury
METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
Nature of injury
MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part affected
HEAD,NEC
Total mining experience
0 years
Experience at this mine
0 years
Experience in this job
0 years
Mine type
Facility
Sector
Coal
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