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Case study · MSHA Record #219951230001
Bulldozer Operator fatality
April 12, 1995 at 3:55 AM
No 1
· Kem Coal Inc
· Perry County, KY
Investigator narrative
THE EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK BY LOADING OR HAULAGE MINING EQUIPMENT AS HE WAS CROSSING THE MINE ROAD. A CO-WORKER DISCOVERED THE BODY IN THE ROADWAY NEAR HIS PERSONAL VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO WITNESS ES & IT HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED:[A] THE EXACT MACHINE INVOLVED, [B] WHETHER OR NOT THE EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING OR IF HE HAD COLLASPED DUE TO A PHYSICAL PROBLEM JUST PRIOR TO BEING STRUCK.
Record details
- Classification
- POWERED HAULAGE
- Accident type
- Struck by powered moving object
- Activity at time
- Walking, Running
- Subunit / location
- STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
- Source of injury
- SURFACE MINING MACHINES
- Nature of injury
- MULTIPLE INJURIES
- Body part affected
- MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
- Total mining experience
- 12 years
- Experience at this mine
- 12 years
- Experience in this job
- 13 years
- Mine type
- Surface
- Sector
- Coal
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