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Case study · MSHA Record #219930110001

Laborer fatality

January 7, 1993 at 3:30 PM
P-6 · Kentucky Harlan Coal Company Inc · Harlan County, KY
Investigator narrative
DUE TO STRUCTURAL FAILURE COAL BIN #2 COLLAPSED CAUSING I.NAME TO BE COVERED UP WITH COAL.
Record details
Classification
FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Accident type
Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings
Activity at time
Hand Load, Hand Shoveling
Subunit / location
MILL OPERATION/PREPARATION PLANT
Source of injury
BROKEN ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury
SUFFOC,SMOK INHILAT,DROWN
Body part affected
BODY SYSTEMS
Total mining experience
12 years
Experience at this mine
9 years
Experience in this job
3 years
Mine type
Facility
Sector
Coal
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