Fatality · MSHA Record #220030370002
Scoop Car/Scooptram Operator
January 30, 2003
at 9:45 PM
Pike County, KY
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Type
Struck by flying object
Investigator narrative
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.
Record details
- Activity at time of incident
- Load-Haul-Dump (Ug)
- Subunit / location
- UNDERGROUND
- Underground location
- OTHER
- Mining method
- Continuous Mining
- Accident type
- Struck by flying object
- Source of injury
- METAL,(Not Elsewhere Classified)(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
- Nature of injury
- MULTIPLE INJURIES
- Body part affected
- HEAD,NEC
- Total mining experience
- 5 years
- Experience at this mine
- 0 years
- Experience in this job
- 4 years
- Degree of injury
- FATALITY
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Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 220030370002 · Mine ID 1507763
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