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Case study · MSHA Record #219971110100

Wireman fatality

April 2, 1997 at 11:30 PM
Hobet Mine · Hobet Mining Inc · Boone County, WV
Investigator narrative
EMPLOYEE HAD A MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT. HE WAS DRIVING ON A DIRT AND GRAVEL ROAD. HIS VEHICLE OVERTURNED AND HE WAS THROWN FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE THEN ROLLED ONTO EMPLOYEE.
Record details
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Activity at time
Move Non-Self-Propelled Equip
Subunit / location
STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Source of injury
PASS CARS,PICKUP TRUCKS
Nature of injury
CRUSHING
Body part affected
CHEST (RIBS/BREAST BONE/CHEST ORGNS)
Experience in this job
15 years
Mine type
Surface
Sector
Coal
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