Timberman fatality at CARDINAL (Warrior Coal LLC), KY, September 17, 2001

at 2:40 PM

On September 17, 2001, a timberman was fatally injured in a powered haulage accident at CARDINAL (Warrior Coal LLC), KY.

CARDINAL · Underground · Coal

Operator: Warrior Coal LLC (Alliance Resource Partners LP)

Hopkins County, KY

Classification POWERED HAULAGE

Type Struck by powered moving object

Investigator narrative

EE WAS LAST HEARD WITH A HAMMER MAKING REPAIRS TO THE CURTAIN IN THE FACE OF THE #4 ENTRY. AN ELMCO DIESEL SCOOP WAS BEING USED TO CLEAN UP AND HAUL COAL FROM A PREVIOUS ROOM SET UP TO THE ACT IVE MMU 0-001 UNIT AND DUMP IN THE ROTARY COAL FEEDER. THE COAL FEEDER WAS SHUT DOWN AND WHILE REPAIRS WERE BEING MADE THE SCOOP OPERATOR WAS INSTRUCTED TO CHANGE HIS HAULAGE ROUTE AND DUMP T

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Ventilation Maintenance
Subunit / location: UNDERGROUND
Underground location: FACE
Mining method: Continuous Mining
Accident type: Struck by powered moving object
Source of injury: MINE JEEP,KERSEY,JITNEY
Nature of injury: MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part affected: MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Total mining experience: 20 years
Experience at this mine: 8 years
Experience in this job: 3 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 220012670150 · Mine ID 1517216 Trainer view →