Timberman fatality

September 17, 2001 at 2:40 PM

CARDINAL · Warrior Coal LLC · Hopkins County, KY

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

Classification: POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type: Struck by powered moving object
Activity at time: Ventilation Maintenance
Subunit / location: UNDERGROUND
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
Mine type: Underground
Sector: Coal

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