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ENTRAPMENT

220200690031 · 03/05/2020 · Spurlock Mining LLC

Details

Degree of injury
ACCIDENT ONLY
Classification
ENTRAPMENT
Accident type
Accident type, without injuries
Occupation
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Activity
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Injury source
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Nature of injury
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Body part
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Days lost
—
Mine experience
— years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Blackhawk Mining LLC
Operator
Spurlock Mining LLC
Mine
1515978

Narrative

Employee was operating a Cat D8T dozer pushing coal in the clean coal pile when a cavity above the #3 feeder gave away. This caused the dozer to be covered in coal, trapping the operator inside the cab of dozer. There was no injuries to operator and rescue was successful after 2 hours.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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