Electrician, Lineman fatality

November 30, 2012 at 1:20 AM

Pocahontas Mine · White Buck Coal Company · Greenbrier County, WV

Investigator narrative

At Approx. 1:20 am EE, a certified electrician, was fatally injured when he was struck by a maintenance scoop in an intersection of #7 entry on #2 unit during the third shift. Present information suggests that the scoop operator did not observe EE in the intersection prior to the incident due to miscommunication.

Record details

Classification: POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type: Struck by powered moving object
Activity at time: Electrical Maintenance
Subunit / location: UNDERGROUND
Source of injury: MINE JEEP,KERSEY,JITNEY
Nature of injury: CRUSHING
Total mining experience: 3 years
Experience at this mine: 1.5 years
Experience in this job: 0.08 years
Mine type: Underground
Sector: Coal

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