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Case study · MSHA Record #219892000002
Examiner fatality
July 6, 1989 at 7:00 AM
Eagle Valley Mine
· Arclar Company
· Gallatin County, IL
Investigator narrative
EMPLOYEE ENTERED AN INBY END OF ABANDONED WORKING SEALED WHICH HAD BEEN PORPERLY MARKED AND WITH FULL KNOWLEDGE THAT THE AREA WAS NOT TO BE ENTERED. THE EMPLOYEE'S LOCATION AND POSITION WAS NO T A PART OF HIS ASSIGNED TOUR OF DUTIES, HE HAD FULL KNOWLEDGE THAT THE AREA WAS RESTRICTED AND WAS NOT INSTRUCTED BY COMPANY SUPERVISION TO BE WITHIN SAID LOCATION. EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN INSTRUC
Record details
- Classification
- OTHER
- Accident type
- Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
- Activity at time
- Unknown
- Subunit / location
- UNDERGROUND
- Underground location
- INTERSECTION
- Mining method
- Continuous Mining
- Source of injury
- OXYGEN DEFICIENT ATMOSPHR
- Nature of injury
- SUFFOC,SMOK INHILAT,DROWN
- Body part affected
- BODY SYSTEMS
- Total mining experience
- 30 years
- Experience at this mine
- 5 years
- Experience in this job
- 5 years
- Mine type
- Underground
- Sector
- Coal
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