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POWERED HAULAGE

Fatal · 220005550003 · 09/17/2000 · Midwest Coal Company

Details

Degree of injury
FATALITY
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type
Struck by falling object
Occupation
Mine manager, Mine foreman, Mine owner
Activity
Fork lift
Injury source
METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
Nature of injury
MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part
MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Days lost
Mine experience
2 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Horizon Natural Resources Incorporated
Operator
Midwest Coal Company
Mine
1200322

Narrative

AT APPROXIMATELY 3:20PM ON 9/17/00 A FATAL POWERHAULAGE ACCIDENT OCCURRED WHEN EE AGE 57, WAS STRUCK BY FALLING HEAVY METAL PARTS. EE WAS OPERATING A BATTERY POWERED STANDUP FORK LIFT WHEN THE MATERIAL FELL FROM AN OVERHEAD STORAGE RACK. A NOTHER CONTR EE HEARD THE SOUND OF FALLING MATERIAL & SAW THAT EE HAD BEEN INJURED. EE NOTIFIED THE MINE SECURITY GUARD WHO NOTIFIED THE CLAY CO

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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