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POWERED HAULAGE

Fatal · 220082940040 · 10/08/2008 · Independence Coal Company Inc

Details

Degree of injury
FATALITY
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation
Supply man, Supply worker, Nipper
Activity
Handling supplies or material
Injury source
NARO G RAIL CR,MTR-UG EQP
Nature of injury
CRUSHING
Body part
CHEST (RIBS/BREAST BONE/CHEST ORGNS)
Days lost
0
Mine experience
0.35 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Massey Energy Company
Operator
Independence Coal Company Inc
Mine
4607273

Narrative

Employee was assisting in the movement of supplies at the Justice Mine of Independence Coal Company, Inc. During this process he was apparently pinned between a parts car loaded on a rail car and a rib near the first left switch.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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