Fatality · MSHA Record #219953450001

Bulldozer Operator fatality at Kellerman Prep Plant (Drummond Company, Inc.), AL, November 28, 1995

at 9:30 PM

On November 28, 1995, a bulldozer operator was fatally injured in a powered haulage accident at Kellerman Prep Plant (Drummond Company, Inc.), AL.

Kellerman Prep Plant · Surface · Coal

Operator: Drummond Company, Inc. (Jerry M Gaines)

Tuscaloosa County, AL

Classification POWERED HAULAGE

Type Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings

Investigator narrative

EE WAS REMOVING COAL FROM THE #17 CLEAN COAL CONVEYOR BELT, WHEN THE SUPPORTING STRUCTURE COLLAPSED.

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Hand Load, Hand Shoveling
Subunit / location: MILL OPERATION/PREPARATION PLANT
Accident type: Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings
Source of injury: BELT CONVEYORS
Nature of injury: CRUSHING
Body part affected: MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Total mining experience: 21 years
Experience at this mine: 21 years
Experience in this job: 21 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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