Mining Incidents
Fatality · MSHA Record #219900290044

Electrician

January 23, 1990 at 7:23 AM
1-A · Underground · Coal
Boone County, WV
Classification MACHINERY
Type Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Investigator narrative
SHUTTLE CAR DRIFTED OFF BLOCKS. THE SHUTTLE CAR HAD BEEN RAISED ADN BLOCKED TO ALLOW REPAIR WORK ON THE CONVEYOR. THE VICTIM HAD POSITIONED HIMSELF UNDER THE SHUTTLE CAR TO PERFORM THE REPAI R WORK WHEN THE SHUTTLE CAR ROLLED OFF THE BLOCKING, CRUSHING HIM AGAINST THE MINE FLOOR.
Record details
Activity at time of incident
Machine Maintenance
Subunit / location
UNDERGROUND
Underground location
INTERSECTION
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Source of injury
MINE JEEP,KERSEY,JITNEY
Nature of injury
CRUSHING
Body part affected
CHEST (RIBS/BREAST BONE/CHEST ORGNS)
Total mining experience
16 years
Experience at this mine
0 years
Experience in this job
12 years
Degree of injury
FATALITY
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