MECHANIC WAS WORKING ON 355 KOMATSU DOZER. AS HE WAS STEPPING BACKWARDS AWAY FROM THE MACHINE HE TRIPPED ON THE SEGMENTS THAT WERE BEHIND HIM.
Eel River Mine Coal
Coal Power Inc
· Surface
Controlled by
Major Jeffery R
Lewis,
Clay County,
IN
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1201969
MSHA record for Eel River Mine (mine ID 1201969). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 2
- Years on record
- 1988–1989
- Latest incident
- Jun 1989
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file1989 · 1 incident
June 17, 1989
IN · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Coal Power Inc · Fall from machine
1988 · 1 incident
January 14, 1988
IN · Coal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
MACHINERY
Coal Power Inc · Struck against a moving object
VICTIM WAS CLEA9ING BRUSH ON FROZEN GROUND. DOZER HIT PATCH OF ICE LOOSING TRACTION,SLIDING. DOZER OVERTURNED ON ITS SIDE.
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