Fatality · MSHA Record #220012670150
Timberman
September 17, 2001 at 2:40 PM
Operator: Warrior Coal LLC (Alliance Resource Partners LP)
Hopkins County, KY
ClassificationPOWERED HAULAGE
TypeStruck 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
- Accident type
- Struck by powered moving object
- Source of injury
- MINE JEEP,KERSEY,JITNEY
- Nature of injury
- MULTIPLE INJURIES
- Total mining experience
- 20 years
- Experience at this mine
- 8 years
- Experience in this job
- 3 years
- Degree of injury
- FATALITY
Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 220012670150 · Mine ID 1517216Trainer view →