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Case study · MSHA Record #219940380002

Laborer fatality

January 31, 1994 at 4:25 PM
Road Creek Mine #1 · Branham & Baker Coal Company Inc · Pike County, KY
Investigator narrative
DECEASED WAS CUTTING A TREE,THE TREE SPLIT AND FELL AND HIT HIM IN THE HEAD.KILLING HIM INSTANTLY.
Record details
Classification
FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Accident type
Struck by falling object
Activity at time
Hand Tools (Powered)
Subunit / location
STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Source of injury
PLANTS,TREES,VEGETATION
Nature of injury
MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part affected
HEAD,NEC
Total mining experience
0 years
Experience at this mine
0 years
Experience in this job
0 years
Mine type
Surface
Sector
Coal
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