Fatality · MSHA Record #219883150001

Maintenance Man fatality at Muskingum Mine (Central Ohio Coal Company), OH, November 4, 1988

at 8:30 AM

On November 4, 1988, a maintenance man was fatally injured in a machinery accident at Muskingum Mine (Central Ohio Coal Company), OH.

Muskingum Mine · Surface · Coal

Operator: Central Ohio Coal Company (American Electric Power Company Inc)

Guernsey County, OH

Classification MACHINERY

Type Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Investigator narrative

RADITOR GAURD WAS TILTED FORWARD AND THERE WAS HYDRAULIC PRUMERE ON TILT CYLINDER. EMPLOYEE WAS POSTIONING BETWEEN THE BACK OF DOZER BLADE AND THE BLADE HOIST CYLINDER, HE HAD DISCONNECTED TH E TILT CYLINDER HYDRAULIC LINER. THIS CAUSED THE TILT CYLINDER TO RETRACT WHICH TILTED THE BLADE BACK WARD, PINNING HIM BETWEEN THE BACK OF THE BLADE AND THE HOIST CYLINDER.

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Machine Maintenance
Subunit / location: STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Accident type: Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Source of injury: SURFACE MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury: MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part affected: TRUNK, MULTIPLE PARTS
Total mining experience: 13 years
Experience at this mine: 13 years
Experience in this job: 9 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 219883150001 · Mine ID 3300989 Trainer view →