Bulldozer Operator fatality at Amos Run (Juliana Mining Company LLC), WV, August 29, 1989

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On August 29, 1989, a bulldozer operator was fatally injured in an explosives and breaking agents accident at Amos Run (Juliana Mining Company LLC), WV.

Amos Run · Surface · Coal

Operator: Juliana Mining Company LLC (Anker Group Inc)

Webster County, WV

Classification EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS

Type Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Investigator narrative

VICTIM WAS DISPOSING OF PERSONAL GARBAGE IN NO#1 PIT AREA WHEN BLAST WAS PUT OFF-VICTIM WAS APPEARENTLY DEAD AT SCENE OF ACCIDENT.

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Handling Supplies Or Material
Subunit / location: STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Accident type: Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Source of injury: CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury: MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part affected: MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Total mining experience: 13 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 219892500001 · Mine ID 4607566 Trainer view →