Fatality · MSHA Record #219923300002

Stopping Builder fatality at Mary Lee # 1 Mine (Drummond Company, Inc.), AL, November 13, 1992

at 9:30 AM

On November 13, 1992, a stopping builder was fatally injured in a powered haulage accident at Mary Lee # 1 Mine (Drummond Company, Inc.), AL.

Mary Lee # 1 Mine · Facility · Coal

Operator: Drummond Company, Inc. (Alabama By-Products Corp)

Walker County, AL

Classification POWERED HAULAGE

Type Struck by powered moving object

Investigator narrative

FATALLY INJURED MAN WAS RIDING IN BUCKET OF SCOOP FACING DIRECTION OF TRAVEL RETURNING TO SECTION FROM AN ADJACENT SET OF ROOMS WHEN HE WAS STRUCK BY A LOADED RAM CAR.INJURED MAN SUSTAINED INJ URIES THAT LATER PROVED TO BE FATAL

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Travel
Subunit / location: UNDERGROUND
Underground location: FACE
Accident type: Struck by powered moving object
Source of injury: MINE JEEP,KERSEY,JITNEY
Nature of injury: MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part affected: MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Total mining experience: 19 years
Experience at this mine: 19 years
Experience in this job: 2 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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