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Case study · MSHA Record #219890950054

Laborer fatality

March 20, 1989 at 2:30 PM
Lancashire Coal Company Prep Plant · Lancashire Coal Company · Cambria County, PA
Investigator narrative
EMPL & SOME OTHERS WERE TEARING DOWN SILO AT ABANDONED SITE AND IT COLLAPSED.
Record details
Classification
FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Accident type
Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects
Activity at time
Handling Supplies Or Material
Subunit / location
MILL OPERATION/PREPARATION PLANT
Source of injury
BROKEN ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury
CRUSHING
Body part affected
MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Mine type
Facility
Sector
Coal
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