Muerte de Electrician en Marfork Processing (Marfork Coal Company, LLC), WV, 26 de agosto de 2025

Employee received crushing fatal injuries while assisting MSHA inspection of elevator inside of Preparation Plant.

Texto original en inglés de la MSHA

On August 26, 2025, at approximately 10:30 a.m., Eric Bartram, a 41-year-old electrician with 19 years of mining experience, died after he was pinned between the elevator and the first-floor elevator platform. The accident occurred because the mine operator did not properly maintain the circuit control board and did not remove it from service when a dangerous condition existed.

1. The mine operator did not properly maintain the circuit control board and did not remove it from service when a dangerous condition existed.

   Acción correctiva: The mine operator removed the jumper wire from the elevator circuit control panel, rewired and reconnected the wiring according to the electrical schematics, and demonstrated proper operation of the elevator.

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

Actividad al momento del incidente

Inspect Equipment Or Mine

Subunidad / ubicación

MILL OPERATION/PREPARATION PLANT

Tipo de accidente

Atrapado en, bajo o entre un objeto en movimiento y uno fijo

Fuente de la lesión

ELEVATORS,CAGES,SKIPS,ETC

Naturaleza de la lesión

CRUSHING

Parte del cuerpo afectada

CHEST (RIBS/BREAST BONE/CHEST ORGNS)

Experiencia minera total

19 years

Experiencia en esta mina

10 years

Experiencia en este puesto

10 years

Grado de la lesión

FATALITY

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