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A dragline oiler had been walking the 1570 dragline. He was last seen near the end of a walkway and was later found between the shoe and the revolving frame. There were no witnesses to the event. The employee was fatally injured.
EE WAS OPERATING A SCOOP TO KNOCK OUT A STOPPING BETWEEN ENTRIES & CLEAN UP BLOCKS & OTHER MATERIAL. WHILE SCOOPING, THE BUCKET PICKED UP A 20' SECTION OF 4" DIAMETER HARD PLASTIC PIPE WITH A METAL COUPLING ON ONE END. THE END OF THE PIPE OPPOSITE THE OPERATOR HIT THE RIB & THE COUPLING END CAUGHT THE INNER CORNER OF THE BUCKET ON THEOPERATOR'S SIDE, BOWED & STRUCK HIM ON THE HEAD.
DRIVER APPARENTLY DROVE TRUCK OVER THE HILL.
WHILE PREPARING TO ATTACH ROCKDUST HOSE TO POD DUSTER, THE DUSTER WAS STRUCK BY 3 SUPPLY CARS WHICH HAD BROKEN LOOSE FROM THE SLOPE CAR AT THE TOP OF THE SLOPE. CARS STRUCK THE DUSTER & THE VI CTIM WAS FATALY INJURED. THE CARS TRAVELED APPROXIMATELY 1700 FT. BEFORE STRIKING THE ROCKDUSTER. CAUSE OF THE CARS BREAKING LOOSE IS STILL UNDETERMINED.
EMPLOYEES WERE REMOVING 6 TON COUNTERWEIGHT FROM CRANE. EMPLOYEE REMOVED COUNTERWEIGHT PINS BEFORE CABLE WAS TIGHT. COUNTERWEIGHT BECAME UNSTABLE STRIKING HIM, CAUSING FATAL INJURIES.
EE WAS SUPERVISING A MAINTENANCE REPAIR CREW IN THE COLLECTER BELT AREA OF THE BIN LOCATED AT THE BOTTOM OF THE MEIGS MINE NO.2 SLOPE. IT IS THE UNCONFIRMED THEORY THAT EE WHILE WALKING AROUND THE BELT TAIL PIECE, CAME INTO CONTACT WITH THE FRAME OF THE TAIL PIECE STRUCTURE WHICH HAD BECOME ENERGIZED. THE INVESTIGATION INTO THISINCIDENT IS CONTINUING AND AN AUTOPSY REPORT IS
EMPLOYEE WAS IN PROCESS OF SETTING BOLTER UP TO INSTALL BOLTS. EMPLOYEE WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN BOLTER HEAD AND CANOPY.
FROZEN COAL ON RIGHT SIDE OF TRALER CAUSED TRAILER TO TIP OVER CRUSHING CAB OF ADJACENT UNIT, KILLING DRIVER.
RADITOR GAURD WAS TILTED FORWARD AND THERE WAS HYDRAULIC PRUMERE ON TILT CYLINDER. EMPLOYEE WAS POSTIONING BETWEEN THE BACK OF DOZER BLADE AND THE BLADE HOIST CYLINDER, HE HAD DISCONNECTED TH E TILT CYLINDER HYDRAULIC LINER. THIS CAUSED THE TILT CYLINDER TO RETRACT WHICH TILTED THE BLADE BACK WARD, PINNING HIM BETWEEN THE BACK OF THE BLADE AND THE HOIST CYLINDER.
EMPLOYEE WAS RE1OSITIONING A WINCH CABLE AROUND THE MAN HOIST CABLE WHEN THE HOIST CABLE BECAME TAUT STRIKING EMPLOYEE ACROSS THE FRONT PORTION OF HIS BODY
A RAM JACK BEIN1 TRANSPORTED ON THE FACE CONVEYOR CAUGHT THE SHEAR THEN THE MOVING FACE CONVEYOR PUSHING SHEAR OFF THE PANLINE AND INTO I.NAME CRUSHING HIM BETWEEN THE SHEAR DRUM AND THE TOP