Fatality · MSHA Record #219910070018

Haul/Off Road/Coal/Ore/Pit/Quarry/Rock/Rubber Tire Truck Driver fatality at Shamokin Prep Plant (R & N Coal Company), PA, December 27, 1990

at 9:20 PM

On December 27, 1990, a haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver was fatally injured in a falling/sliding/rolling materials accident at Shamokin Prep Plant (R & N Coal Company), PA.

Shamokin Prep Plant · Surface · Coal

Operator: R & N Coal Company (Elwood Swank)

Northumberland County, PA

Classification FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS

Type Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings

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Investigator narrative

EMPL UNLOADING DUMP TRUCK INTO BIN.FELL INTO BIN AND WAS COVERED WITH COAL REFUSE.

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Handling Supplies Or Material
Subunit / location: MILL OPERATION/PREPARATION PLANT
Accident type: Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings
Source of injury: BROKEN ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury: SUFFOC,SMOK INHILAT,DROWN
Body part affected: BODY SYSTEMS
Total mining experience: 44 years
Experience at this mine: 19 years
Experience in this job: 44 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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