Fatality · MSHA Record #219880420030

Car Dropper fatality at Banning Train Loadout (Coal Service Company), UT, January 25, 1988

at 12:55 PM

On January 25, 1988, a car dropper was fatally injured in a powered haulage accident at Banning Train Loadout (Coal Service Company), UT.

Banning Train Loadout · Facility · Coal

Operator: Coal Service Company (Savage Companies)

Carbon County, UT

Classification POWERED HAULAGE

Type Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Investigator narrative

(NAME)WAS DROPP3NG A SEVEN CAR SET UNDER THE LOADOUT AS HE WAS LOADING THEM A RUNAWAY SET OF 14 CARS CAME DOWN THE TRACK,IT THEN STRUCK THE 7 SET OF CARS KNOCKING HIM OFF AND UNDER THE CAR CAU SING FATAL INJU9IES.

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Spot Rail Cars, Trip Riding
Subunit / location: MILL OPERATION/PREPARATION PLANT
Accident type: Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Source of injury: STD G RAIL CR,MTR-SURF EQ
Nature of injury: MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part affected: MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Total mining experience: 0 years
Experience at this mine: 0 years
Experience in this job: 0 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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