Fatality · MSHA Record #219942420001
Prep Plant Foreman fatality at Preparation Plant (Whitaker Coal Corp), KY, August 18, 1994
at 11:35 AM
On August 18, 1994, a prep plant foreman was fatally injured in a powered haulage accident at Preparation Plant (Whitaker Coal Corp), KY.
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Type
Contact with hot objects or substances
Investigator narrative
OPERATING UTILITY TRUCK ON WHITAKER COAL CORPORATION HAUL ROAD. TRUCK RAN INTO BERM, TURNED ON SIDE AND CAUGHT FIRE.
Record details
- Activity at time of incident
- Utility Truck, Water Trucks
- Subunit / location
- MILL OPERATION/PREPARATION PLANT
- Accident type
- Contact with hot objects or substances
- Source of injury
- FLAME,FIRE,SMOKE,(Not Elsewhere Classified)
- Nature of injury
- BURN OR SCALD (HEAT)
- Body part affected
- MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
- Total mining experience
- 10 years
- Experience in this job
- 10 years
- Degree of injury
- FATALITY
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Same year
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Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 219942420001 · Mine ID 1505485
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