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Motorman, Motor Person, Swamper, Switchman, Locomotive Operator fatality
August 5, 2024 at 5:55 AM
LEER MINE · ICG Tygart Valley · Taylor County, WV
Investigator narrative
Employee received head injuries while attempting to re-rail a Longwall electrical power car using air lifting bags in the 10 Headgate-16 block spur.
Record details
- Classification
- POWERED HAULAGE
- Accident type
- Struck by powered moving object
- Activity at time
- Rerail Equipment, Sprag
- Subunit / location
- UNDERGROUND
- Source of injury
- NARO G RAIL CR,MTR-UG EQP
- Nature of injury
- MULTIPLE INJURIES
- Total mining experience
- 11.54 years
- Experience at this mine
- 11.08 years
- Experience in this job
- 10 years
- Mine type
- Underground
- Sector
- Coal
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