A WIRE ROPE HOLDING THE COAL CHUTE LOADOUT IN A HORIZONTAL POSITION BECAME DISENGAGED CAUSING HUTE TO FALL INTO A VERTICAL POSITION. WHEN THE CHUTE, WHICH WAS HINGED AT ONE END, FELL TO THIS VERTICAL POSITION THE EMPLOYEE FELL APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET AND APPEARED TO HAVE STRUCK HIS HEAD ON A RAIL ROAD RAIL.
Power Operating Company Inc: 1 recorded fatality operator
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- POWERED HAULAGE 1 fatality · 15 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 36 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 23 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 9 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 8 non-fatal
- FIRE 4 non-fatal
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