Maintenance Man

September 19, 1999 at 5:00 PM

Virginia Pocahontas 1 · Underground · Coal

Operator: Island Creek Coal Company (CONSOL Energy Inc)

Contractor on site: 3KA

Buchanan County, VA

Classification HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Type Struck by falling object

Investigator narrative

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING UNLOAD POWER ASSEMBLIES. WHEN HE REACHED FOR CRANE CABLE HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL. AS HE FELL FROM THE FLAT BED TRUCK HE GRABBED HOLD OF TWO POWER ASSEMBLIES PULLING T HEM DOWN ON TOP OF HIM RESULTING IN HIS DEATH.

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Handling Supplies Or Material
Subunit / location: MILL OPERATION/PREPARATION PLANT
Accident type: Struck by falling object
Source of injury: MCH PWR TRNSMSN APPR,(Not Elsewhere Classified)
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part affected: SKULL
Experience in this job: 0 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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