Muerte de Section Foreman en Horse Creek Eagle (Marfork Coal Company, LLC), WV, 3 de junio de 2021

Employee was crossing intersection and was struck by the left center shuttle car resulting in fatal injuries.

Texto original en inglés de la MSHA

On Thursday, June 3, 2021, at approximately 9:00 a.m., Nicholas Adkins, a 42-year-old section foreman, died after a shuttle car struck him. The shuttle car operator was tramming the shuttle car to the belt conveyor feeder (feeder). The accident occurred because the mine operator did not have adequate policies, procedures, and controls to protect miners in haulageways from being contacted by mobile face equipment.

1. The accident occurred because the mine operator did not have adequate policies, procedures, and controls to protect miners in haulageways from being contacted by mobile face equipment.

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Hallazgos del informe final de investigación de la MSHA, que sustituye la narrativa preliminar anterior.

Actividad al momento del incidente

Supervise

Subunidad / ubicación

UNDERGROUND

Ubicación subterránea

FACE

Método de minería

Continuous Mining

Tipo de accidente

Golpeado por objeto motorizado en movimiento

Fuente de la lesión

MINE JEEP,KERSEY,JITNEY

Naturaleza de la lesión

MULTIPLE INJURIES

Parte del cuerpo afectada

MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)

Experiencia minera total

16 years

Experiencia en esta mina

14 years

Experiencia en este puesto

9 years

Grado de la lesión

FATALITY

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