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Case study · MSHA Record #220061150040
Maintenance Man fatality
April 21, 2006 at 4:35 AM
Huff Creek Mine
· Lone Mountain Processing LLC
· Harlan County, KY
Investigator narrative
Employee was found pinned between the #4 mobile bridge unit and the section lo-lo conveyor belt structure. He was apparently troubleshooting a report of weak tramming on the left side of the mobile unit. There were no witnesses to the accident.
Record details
- Classification
- MACHINERY
- Accident type
- Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
- Activity at time
- Machine Maintenance
- Subunit / location
- UNDERGROUND
- Underground location
- LAST OPEN CROSSCUT
- Mining method
- Continuous Mining
- Source of injury
- BELT CONVEYORS
- Nature of injury
- CRUSHING
- Body part affected
- ABDOMEN/INTERNAL ORGANS
- Total mining experience
- 16 years
- Experience at this mine
- 11 years
- Experience in this job
- 5 years
- Mine type
- Underground
- Sector
- Coal
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