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Case study · MSHA Record #219941720001
Roof Bolter fatality
June 13, 1994 at 10:45 PM
Chetopa
· Drummond Company, Inc.
· Jefferson County, AL
Investigator narrative
AT APPROX. 10:40 THEY WERE COMPLETING PINNING AND INSTALLING LINE CURTAIN IN THE FACE OF #3 RIGHT ENTRY. I.NAME WAS PUSHING UP LOOSE COAL WITH DIESEL SCOOP IN THE FACE OF #4 RIGHT ENTRY. ON CO MPLETING PUSHING UP IN #4 RIGHT, I.NAME BACKED HIS SCOOP UP TO THE OUTBY CROSSCUT IN #3 AND #4 AND TRAMMED ACROSS TO THE #2 RT OPEN LAST CROSS CUT. HE TRAMMED HIS SCOOP INTO THE SAME CROSSCUT
Record details
- Classification
- MACHINERY
- Accident type
- Caught in, under or between NEC
- Activity at time
- Set Or Remove Brattice
- Subunit / location
- UNDERGROUND
- Underground location
- INBY PERMANENT SUPPORT
- Source of injury
- UNDERGRD MINING MACHINES
- Nature of injury
- FRACTURE,CHIP
- Body part affected
- LEG, MULTIPLE PARTS
- Total mining experience
- 21 years
- Experience at this mine
- 4 years
- Experience in this job
- 2 years
- Mine type
- Surface
- Sector
- Coal
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