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MACHINERY

Fatal · 220002340165 · 08/15/2000 · Manalapan Mining Company Inc

Details

Degree of injury
FATALITY
Classification
MACHINERY
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation
Continuous miner operator, Coal mole operator
Activity
Move power cable
Injury source
UNDERGRD MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury
CRUSHING
Body part
TRUNK, MULTIPLE PARTS
Days lost
Mine experience
0.4 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Benjamin R. Bennett
Operator
Manalapan Mining Company Inc
Mine
1517811

Narrative

THE FATALLY INJ PERSON WAS TRAMMING THE JOY CONTMINER ACROSS THE SECTION WHEN HE STOPPED TO THROW THE MINER CABLE OUT OF THE WAY-HE WAS BETWEEN THE MINER & COAL RIB. IN THE PROCESS OF THROWING THE CABLE HE INADVERNTLY HIT THE TRAM LEVER CAUSING THE MINER TO SLIDE INTO THE RT RIB CRUSHING HIM

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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