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Case study · MSHA Record #219990270001
Maintenance Man fatality
December 17, 1998 at 11:15 PM
Copeland Mine
· Unicorn Mining Inc
· Bell County, KY
Investigator narrative
THE EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING IN THE FRONT OF THE RAILRUNNER AND WAS SETTING ON HIS LEG. THE EMPLOYEE PUT HIS HAND ON THE BUMPER AND RAISED HIMSELF UP TO MOVE HIS LEG FROM UNDER HIM WHEN THE RAIL RU NNER HIT A BENT PLACE IN THE TRACK CAUSING THE RAIL RUNNER TO SHIFT TO ONE SIDE. THE EMPLOYEE'S HAND SLIPPED OFF THE BUMPER & HE FELL OVER INTO THE FRONT OF THE RAIL RUNNER & IT RAN OVER HIM.
Record details
- Classification
- POWERED HAULAGE
- Accident type
- Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
- Activity at time
- Mantrip
- Subunit / location
- UNDERGROUND
- Underground location
- INTERSECTION
- Mining method
- Continuous Mining
- Source of injury
- MINE JEEP,KERSEY,JITNEY
- Nature of injury
- CRUSHING
- Body part affected
- MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
- Total mining experience
- 0 years
- Experience at this mine
- 0 years
- Experience in this job
- 0 years
- Mine type
- Underground
- Sector
- Coal
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