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Case study · MSHA Record #220261030026
Section Foreman fatality
April 3, 2026 at 10:38 AM
OHIO COUNTY MINE
· Ohio County Coal Resources, Inc.
· Marshall County, WV
Investigator narrative
An employee was working on a winch rope on a 650 scoop that was loaded with a shield, this shield was hit by another 650 scoop, causing the employee to be caught between the scoop EE was working on and the shield tip.
Record details
- Classification
- POWERED HAULAGE
- Accident type
- Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
- Activity at time
- Machine Maintenance
- Subunit / location
- UNDERGROUND
- Underground location
- FACE
- Mining method
- Longwall
- Source of injury
- MINE JEEP,KERSEY,JITNEY
- Nature of injury
- CRUSHING
- Body part affected
- MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
- Total mining experience
- 18 years
- Experience at this mine
- 11 years
- Experience in this job
- 17 years
- Mine type
- Underground
- Sector
- Coal
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