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Case study · MSHA Record #220012670150

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
Underground location
FACE
Mining method
Continuous Mining
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
Mine type
Underground
Sector
Coal
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