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Case study · MSHA Record #219950180168
Haul/Off Road/Coal/Ore/Pit/Quarry/Rock/Rubber Tire Truck Driver fatality
December 30, 1994 at 10:10 AM
Carlisle Loadout
· Costain Mining Inc
· Fayette County, WV
Investigator narrative
THE VICTIM HAD DUMPED A LOAD OF COAL IN THE BIN. HE PULLED AWAY FROM BIN, GOT OUT OF HIS TRUCK, WENT TO REAR OF TRUCK TO CLEAN OFF LOOSE COAL FROM PUSH BLOCK. THE END LOADER USED TO CLEAN UP T HE BIN, BACKED AWAY FROM BIN, STRUCK HIM, PINNED HIM AGAINST BACK OF TRUCK.
Record details
- Classification
- POWERED HAULAGE
- Accident type
- Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
- Activity at time
- Handling Coal, Rock, Ore
- Subunit / location
- MILL OPERATION/PREPARATION PLANT
- Source of injury
- SURFACE MINING MACHINES
- Nature of injury
- CRUSHING
- Body part affected
- CHEST (RIBS/BREAST BONE/CHEST ORGNS)
- Total mining experience
- 12 years
- Experience at this mine
- 5 years
- Experience in this job
- 12 years
- Mine type
- Facility
- Sector
- Coal
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