Shuttle Car Operator fatality at Mine 84 (Eighty Four Mining Company), PA, May 11, 2002

at 2:40 PM

On May 11, 2002, a shuttle car operator was fatally injured in an electrical accident at Mine 84 (Eighty Four Mining Company), PA.

Mine 84 · Facility · Coal

Operator: Eighty Four Mining Company (CONSOL Energy Inc)

Washington County, PA

Classification ELECTRICAL

Type Contact with electrical current

Investigator narrative

EE WAS OPERATING A STAMLER COAL HAULER AND HAD ATTEMPTED TO TRAM AROUND AN UN CUT CORNER. IN DOING SO HIS HAULER APPARENTLY PINCHED THE ENEGIZED LOADER CABLE BETWEEN THE HAULER AND THE COAL RI B. EE EXITED THE MACHINE TO LOOK AT THE DAMAGE TO THE CABLE AND WAS APPARENTLY ELECTROCUTED WHEN HE CONTACTED THE FRAME OF THE COAL HAULER.

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Inspect Equipment Or Mine
Subunit / location: UNDERGROUND
Underground location: FACE
Mining method: Continuous Mining
Accident type: Contact with electrical current
Source of injury: CONDCTR,ELCT,CBL,TROL POL
Nature of injury: ELECT SHOCK,ELECTROCUTION
Body part affected: BODY SYSTEMS
Total mining experience: 16 years
Experience at this mine: 3 years
Experience in this job: 0 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 220022100001 · Mine ID 3600958 Trainer view →