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Case study · MSHA Record #219950930001

Apprentice fatality

March 24, 1995 at 4:05 PM
White Oak Mine #2 · White Oak Mining & Construction Company Inc · Carbon County, UT
Investigator narrative
EMPLOYEE WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THE CONTINUOUS MINER AND THE MINE RIB WHEN THE MACHINE WAS BEING MOVED IN THE 3RD RIGHT SECTION.
Record details
Classification
MACHINERY
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Activity at time
Handling Supplies Or Material
Subunit / location
UNDERGROUND
Underground location
INTERSECTION
Mining method
Continuous Mining
Source of injury
UNDERGRD MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury
MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part affected
HEAD,NEC
Total mining experience
0 years
Experience in this job
0 years
Mine type
Underground
Sector
Coal
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