Fatality · MSHA Record #219880210001

Electrician fatality at Big Brown Strip (Luminant Mining Company LLC), TX, January 8, 1988

at 3:41 PM

On January 8, 1988, an electrician was fatally injured in a powered haulage accident at Big Brown Strip (Luminant Mining Company LLC), TX.

Big Brown Strip · Surface · Coal

Operator: Luminant Mining Company LLC (Vistra Energy)

Freestone County, TX

Classification POWERED HAULAGE

Type Struck by powered moving object

Investigator narrative

HAULER WAS DESC9NDING RAMP 4-C INTO PIT 003.HAULER LEFT THE ROADWAY TO THE LEFT,STRUCK AND RAN OVER EMPLOYEE.

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Electrical Maintenance
Subunit / location: STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Accident type: Struck by powered moving object
Source of injury: HGHWY ORE CARIER,LRGE TRK
Nature of injury: MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part affected: MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Total mining experience: 11 years
Experience at this mine: 11 years
Experience in this job: 9 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 219880210001 · Mine ID 4101192 Trainer view →