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Case study · MSHA Record #219922960001

Laborer fatality

October 12, 1992 at 6:50 AM
Baileys Creek · Nally & Hamilton Enterprises Inc · Harlan County, KY
Investigator narrative
EMPLOYEE,TRUCK DRIVER,WAS DRIVING A LOADED COAL TRUCK DOWNHILL TOWARD THE TIPPLE,HE LOST CONTROL AND STRUCK A CAR TRAVELING UPHILL.THE CAR HAD PASSED TWO TRUCKS GOING UPHILL WHICH STOPPED TO A LLOW ROOM FOR EMPLOYEE'S TRUCK COMING OFF.THE PARKED TRUCKS TRIED TO WARN THE CAR OF THE APPRACHING TRUCK BY BLINKING THEIR LIGHTS.THE CAR CONTINUED ON AND WAS STRUCK BY THE TRUCK RESULTING I
Record details
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type
Struck against a moving object
Activity at time
Travel
Subunit / location
STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Source of injury
PASS CARS,PICKUP TRUCKS
Nature of injury
MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part affected
MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Mine type
Surface
Sector
Coal
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