Fatality · MSHA Record #219912830001
Assayer fatality at Pinnacle Mine (U. S. Steel Mining Company LLC), WV, October 4, 1991
at 4:00 AM
On October 4, 1991, an assayer was fatally injured in a hoisting accident at Pinnacle Mine (U. S. Steel Mining Company LLC), WV.
Classification
HOISTING
Type
Fall down raise, shaft or manway
Investigator narrative
66929NG ON SUSPENDED WORK DECK TILTED, FELL APPROXIMATELY 40 FEET.
Record details
- Activity at time of incident
- Inspect Equipment Or Mine
- Subunit / location
- UNDERGROUND
- Underground location
- INBY PERMANENT SUPPORT
- Accident type
- Fall down raise, shaft or manway
- Source of injury
- MINE FLOOR,BOTTOM,FOOTWAL
- Nature of injury
- MULTIPLE INJURIES
- Body part affected
- MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
- Degree of injury
- FATALITY
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Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 219912830001 · Mine ID 4601816
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