Fatality · MSHA Record #220230930011
Transit Man, Surveyor/Transit Worker
March 22, 2023 at 8:50 AM
Barbour County, WV
ClassificationPOWERED HAULAGE
TypeCaught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Investigator narrative
A miner sustained fatal injuries when the personnel carrier on which the miner was a passenger overturned. Another miner riding on the personnel carrier accidentally actuated the emergency stop causing the personnel carrier to drift backwards down a grade.
Record details
- Activity at time of incident
- Mantrip
- Subunit / location
- UNDERGROUND
- Accident type
- Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
- Source of injury
- MINE JEEP,KERSEY,JITNEY
- Nature of injury
- CRUSHING
- Total mining experience
- 17.87 years
- Experience at this mine
- 0.87 years
- Experience in this job
- 17.87 years
- Degree of injury
- FATALITY
Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 220230930011 · Mine ID 4609447