Maintenance Man

August 5, 1988 at 2:30 PM

No 8 Tsm Mine · Surface · Coal

Operator: Hawks Nest Mining Company (Imperial-Pacific Investments Inc)

Contractor on site: AMC

Fayette County, WV

Classification MACHINERY

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

Investigator narrative

CHANGING TIRE ON PRO R-50 EUCLID-INSTALLING NEW TIRE-TIRE APPARENTLY FAIL ON TO VICTIM WHICH CAUSED VICTIM TO FALL AGAINST CONTGROLS OF BOOM RESULTING IN BOOM KNUCKLING DOWN WHICH CAUSED DAMAG E TO UPPER BACK OF VICTIM.

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Machine Maintenance
Subunit / location: STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Accident type: Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Source of injury: MACHINE,(Not Elsewhere Classified)-WELDR,OFC MAC
Nature of injury: CRUSHING
Body part affected: MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Experience at this mine: 1 year
Experience in this job: 6 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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