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Case study · MSHA Record #219912830001
Assayer fatality
October 4, 1991 at 4:00 AM
Pinnacle Mine
· U. S. Steel Mining Company LLC
· Wyoming County, WV
Investigator narrative
66929NG ON SUSPENDED WORK DECK TILTED, FELL APPROXIMATELY 40 FEET.
Record details
- Classification
- HOISTING
- Accident type
- Fall down raise, shaft or manway
- Activity at time
- Inspect Equipment Or Mine
- Subunit / location
- UNDERGROUND
- Underground location
- INBY PERMANENT SUPPORT
- Source of injury
- MINE FLOOR,BOTTOM,FOOTWAL
- Nature of injury
- MULTIPLE INJURIES
- Body part affected
- MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
- Mine type
- Underground
- Sector
- Coal
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