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Case study · MSHA Record #219895550003

Haul/Off Road/Coal/Ore/Pit/Quarry/Rock/Rubber Tire Truck Driver fatality

December 19, 1989 at 4:30 PM
Hall Branch 1 · Koch Carbon Inc · Floyd County, KY
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
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Activity at time
Getting On Or Off Equipment
Subunit / location
SURFACE AT UNDERGROUND
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
Mine type
Underground
Sector
Coal
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