Fatality · MSHA Record #219895550003
Haul/Off Road/Coal/Ore/Pit/Quarry/Rock/Rubber Tire Truck Driver fatality at Hall Branch 1 (Koch Carbon Inc), KY, December 19, 1989
at 4:30 PM
On December 19, 1989, a haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver was fatally injured in a powered haulage accident at Hall Branch 1 (Koch Carbon Inc), KY.
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Investigator narrative
ON 12/19/89 AT APPROX 4:30 PM A FATAL HAULAGE ACCIDENT OCCURRED ON ACCESS ROAD TO KOCH CARBON INC HALL BRANCH 1 MINE. ACCIDENT OCCURRED AS SUPPLY TRUCK DRIVER FOR UNITED SUPPLY CO WAS TRANSPOR TING SUPPLIES TO MINE ON ICE & SNOW COVERED ACCESS ROAD. TRUCK STALLED &/OR LOST TRACTION WHICH RESULTED IN TRUCK SKIDDING APPROX 90' BACKWARD. EMPL EXITED TRUCK & WAS STRUCK & TRAPPED BY LEF
Record details
- Activity at time of incident
- Getting On Or Off Equipment
- Subunit / location
- SURFACE AT UNDERGROUND
- Accident type
- Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
- Source of injury
- PASS CARS,PICKUP TRUCKS
- Nature of injury
- MULTIPLE INJURIES
- Body part affected
- CHEST (RIBS/BREAST BONE/CHEST ORGNS)
- Experience at this mine
- 3 years
- Experience in this job
- 3 years
- Degree of injury
- FATALITY
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- September 9, 1992 · Shuttle Car Operator · Koch Carbon Inc, VA
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Same year
- December 20, 1989 · Haul/Off Road/Coal/Ore/Pit/Quarry/Rock/Rubber Tire Truck Driver · South Fork Energy Company, VA
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- December 7, 1989 · Roof Bolter Helper · Four A Coal Company, KY
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Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 219895550003 · Mine ID 1514819
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