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Case study · MSHA Record #219903230001
Electrician fatality
November 12, 1990 at 10:45 AM
Mine No 2
· Pontiki Coal Corp
· Martin County, KY
Investigator narrative
EMPL DOING REPAIRS ON CONTINUOUS MINER WATER SYSTEM SOLONOID VALVES LOCATED NEAR CONVEYOR CHAIN.EMPL STARTED MACHINE RIPPER HEAD WHILE NEAR CONVEYOR ADN APPARENTLY STARTED THE CONVEYOR INSTEAD .NO EYE WITNESSES.CRUSHED BETWEEN CHAIN AND CONVEYOR TUNNEL GUARD.OCCURRED ON ACTIVE 002-0 SECTION IN NO 6 ENTRY.
Record details
- Classification
- MACHINERY
- Accident type
- Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
- Activity at time
- Electrical Maintenance
- Subunit / location
- UNDERGROUND
- Underground location
- FACE
- Mining method
- Continuous Mining
- Source of injury
- BELT CONVEYORS
- Nature of injury
- CRUSHING
- Body part affected
- CHEST (RIBS/BREAST BONE/CHEST ORGNS)
- Total mining experience
- 13 years
- Experience at this mine
- 13 years
- Experience in this job
- 5 years
- Mine type
- Underground
- Sector
- Coal
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