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Case study · MSHA Record #219992910001

Maintenance Man fatality

September 19, 1999 at 5:00 PM
Virginia Pocahontas 1 · Island Creek Coal Company · Buchanan County, VA
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
Classification
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type
Struck by falling object
Activity at time
Handling Supplies Or Material
Subunit / location
MILL OPERATION/PREPARATION PLANT
Source of injury
MCH PWR TRNSMSN APPR,NEC
Nature of injury
FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part affected
SKULL
Experience in this job
0 years
Mine type
Underground
Sector
Coal