Fatality · MSHA Record #219932350001
Front-End Loader Operator
August 11, 1993
at 5:30 PM
Operator:
Pioneer Mid-Atlantic Inc
(Pioneer International Ltd)
Westmoreland County, PA
Classification
FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Type
Struck by falling object
Investigator narrative
EMPLOYEE WAS MUCKING OUT THE PILE WHEN HE NOTICED WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS A MISS-FIRE.HE THEN DUG HIS WAY TO THE SUSPECTED MISS-FIRE,WHICH PLACED HIM AND HIS MACHINE UNDER LOOSE MATERIAL.THE EMPLO YEE THEN EXITED HIS MACHINE TO RETRIEVE THE SUSPECTED MISS-FIRE.WHILE STANDING AT THE FACE,A LARGE ROCK SLIPPED OFF THE FACE,CRUSHING THE EMPLOYEE.
Record details
- Activity at time of incident
- Getting On Or Off Equipment
- Subunit / location
- UNDERGROUND
- Underground location
- FACE
- Mining method
- Other
- Accident type
- Struck by falling object
- Source of injury
- CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
- Nature of injury
- CRUSHING
- Body part affected
- MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
- Total mining experience
- 16 years
- Experience at this mine
- 2 years
- Experience in this job
- 6 years
- Degree of injury
- FATALITY
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Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 219932350001 · Mine ID 3608284
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