Fatality · MSHA Record #219891370001

Maintenance Man fatality at Childress Plant #2 (Childress Service Corp), WV, May 13, 1989

at 8:15 AM

On May 13, 1989, a maintenance man was fatally injured in a machinery accident at Childress Plant #2 (Childress Service Corp), WV.

Childress Plant #2 · Facility · Coal

Operator: Childress Service Corp (Joe (John J) Childress et al)

Logan County, WV

Classification MACHINERY

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

Investigator narrative

HE WAS CUTTING BELT STRUCTURE FRAME AND WHEN HE CUT IT LOOSE THE THE STRUCTURE FRAME SWIRLED AND HIT HIM PINNING HIM AGAINST OR BETWEEN THE BELT STRUCTURE FRAME ADN THE CLEAN COAL CHUTE OF THE PLANT

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Welding Or Cutting
Subunit / location: MILL OPERATION/PREPARATION PLANT
Accident type: Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Source of injury: BELT CONVEYORS
Nature of injury: CRUSHING
Body part affected: MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Total mining experience: 12 years
Experience at this mine: 1 year
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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