2018 Fatal Summary Updated and 2019 Fatal #1

2019 – Coal Fatality #1 – January 5, 2019, Machinery, UG, IL

2018 Fatal Summary Updated:
2018 Coal #11 – Preliminary: On Saturday, December 29, 2018, a 25-year-old contract miner drowned when the dredge he was operating sank.

2018 Coal #12 – Preliminary: On Thursday, November 29, 2018, a 50-year-old mechanic with 28 years experience received a head injury while examining a valve body in the compartment of a company service truck. While the mechanic was looking at a hydraulic valve for the crane on the back of the truck, a hydraulic fitting blew a piece of 1/8 inch steel or copper line from the valve body penetrating the mechanic’s head. The victim died from his injuries on December 30, 2018.

Click here for the updated fatal summary (doc).

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Thanks for the share, BA!

Heidi

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