Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal Company: 7 recorded fatalities controller

VICTIM ALONG WITH HIS SUPERVISOR WERE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE MINER IN NORTH MAINS CHECKING FOR TRAM PROBLEMS THAT WAS REPORTED FROM THE MIDNITE SHIFT. THE VICTIM HAD THE REMOTE CONTROL IN HIS POSSESSION. THE MINER MOVED AND PINNED BOTH EMPLOYEES. CAUSE OF THIS FATAL WAS A FAILURE TO NOTICE A PINCH POINT AREA. COMPLAINCE WITH RULES/REGS WAS A FACTOR.

HE WAS PERFORMING DUTIES OF MINER HELPER AND HE WAS STANDING ALONG RIB AT CORNER OF X-CUT 3 TO 4 ATTENDING THE MINER CABLE AND THE RIB FELL OUT AND STRUCK HIM ON THE BACK AND TOTALLY COVERING HIM UP. CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT WAS THE UNDETECTION OF A SLIP IN COAL RIB. NO RULES OR REGS WERE BROKEN, NO EQUIPMENT INVOLVED, PERSONNEL EQUIPMENT WORN, MINER SKILLS.

A BELT CONVEYOR3MINE FIRE WAS REPORTED TO MINE FOREMAN AT HIS RESIDENCE AT ABOUT 4:15 AM MINE FOREMAN ENTERED MINE WITH A SUPERVISOR TO INSPECT THE SCENE OF THIS FIRE IN THE BELT ENTRY AT ABOU T 5:45 AM SUPER5ISOR AND PUMPER DISCOVERED MINE FOREMAN UNCONSCIOUS IN ADJACENT TRACK ENTRY

VICTIM WAS FATA5LY INJURED BY A FALL OF ROOF WHICH PARTIALLY COVERED HIM. A CUT OF COAL HAD BEN MINED AND THE VICTIM (ROOF BOLTER HELPER) WAS POSITIONED BETWEEN A ROW OF BOLTS THAT HAD JUST BEEN INSTALLED 5ND A ROW OF TEMPORARY ROOF SUPPORTS EVALUATING THE ROOF CONDITIONS

EMPLOYEE AND TWO CO-WORKERS HAD ENTERED AN AREA OF THE MINE TO INSPECT A WATER PUMP.

THE VICTIM WAS CRAWLING INBY IN #2 ROOM TOWARD THE CROSSCUT #2-#1. A SHUTTLE CAR CAME FROM THE CROSSCUT #2-#3 INTO THE INTERSECTION. THE VICTIM WAS CRUSHED AGAINST THE OUTBY LEFT RIB ACORNER OF THE INTERSECTION BY THE SHUTTLE CAR. THE VICTIM WAS NOT SEEN BY THE SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT.

VICTIM WAS SETTING TEMPORARY SUPPORTS IN A COMPLETED CUT. A PIECE OF ROCK APPROXIMATELY 6FT. 2 IN. X 4 FT. 4 IN. RANGING FROM 4" TO 6" THICK FELL SUDDENLY, WITHOUT WARNING, STRIKING THE VICTIM AND COVERING THE LOWER HALF OF HIS BODY. VICTIM DIED IN THE HOSPITAL AT APPROXIMATELY 10:00 AM 8-4-83.