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Case study · MSHA Record #219923300002

Stopping Builder fatality

November 13, 1992 at 9:30 AM
Mary Lee # 1 Mine · Drummond Company, Inc. · Walker County, AL
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
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type
Struck by powered moving object
Activity at time
Travel
Subunit / location
UNDERGROUND
Underground location
FACE
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
Mine type
Facility
Sector
Coal
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