Fatality · MSHA Record #219882160001

Blaster fatality at Cedar Creek No 5 Surface (Clark Elkhorn Coal Company), KY, June 6, 1988

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On June 6, 1988, a blaster was fatally injured in a powered haulage accident at Cedar Creek No 5 Surface (Clark Elkhorn Coal Company), KY.

Cedar Creek No 5 Surface · Surface · Coal

Operator: Clark Elkhorn Coal Company (Shell Oil Company)

Contractor on site: HV2

Pike County, KY

Classification POWERED HAULAGE

Type Fall from machine

Investigator narrative

I.NAME WAS DRIVING BULK ANFO TRUCK FROM STRIP SHOT AREA TO LOAD TRUCK HE WAS DRIVING ONTO A STATE ROAD FROM STRIP PIT HE WAS SUPPOSED TO TURN LEFT ONTO A ROAD LEADING TO ANFO BIN BUT WENT STR AIGHT AHEAD & RAN OVER A 250FT EMBANKMENT HE EITHER JUMPED OR WAS THROWN FROM TRUCK HE WAS CRUSHED BY THE T RUCK & DIED FROM INTERNAL INJURIES (THIS IS MY SPULATION ON MY PART GIVEN

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Haulage Or Dump Truck
Subunit / location: STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Accident type: Fall from machine
Source of injury: GROUND
Nature of injury: MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part affected: MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Total mining experience: 2 years
Experience at this mine: 1 year
Experience in this job: 1 year
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 219882160001 · Mine ID 1515648 Trainer view →