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Case study · MSHA Record #219961200002
Laborer fatality
April 11, 1996 at 11:30 PM
South Fork No 2 Deep (1)
· Cow Creek Coal Company Inc
· Nicholas County, WV
Investigator narrative
VICTI WAS STANDING AT REAR OF ROOF BOLTER, EMPLOYEES HAD PARKED MAC-8 APPROX 30' AWAY AT TOP OF SLOPE. APPARENTLY PARK BRAKE HANDLE SPRUNG UP TO THE OFF POSITION AND MAC-8 ROLLED DOWN SLOPE AND STRUCK VICTIM, PINNING HIM AGAINST ROOF BOLTER.
Record details
- Classification
- POWERED HAULAGE
- Accident type
- Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
- Activity at time
- Move Power Cable
- Subunit / location
- UNDERGROUND
- Underground location
- LAST OPEN CROSSCUT
- Mining method
- Continuous Mining
- Source of injury
- MINE JEEP,KERSEY,JITNEY
- Nature of injury
- MULTIPLE INJURIES
- Body part affected
- ABDOMEN/INTERNAL ORGANS
- Total mining experience
- 21 years
- Experience at this mine
- 0 years
- Mine type
- Underground
- Sector
- Coal
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