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Case study · MSHA Record #220230930011

Transit Man fatality

March 22, 2023 at 8:50 AM
LONGVIEW MINE · Allegheny Metallurgical, LLC · Barbour County, WV
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
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Activity at time
Mantrip
Subunit / location
UNDERGROUND
Underground location
LAST OPEN CROSSCUT
Mining method
Continuous Mining
Source of injury
MINE JEEP,KERSEY,JITNEY
Nature of injury
CRUSHING
Body part affected
CHEST (RIBS/BREAST BONE/CHEST ORGNS)
Total mining experience
17 years
Experience at this mine
0 years
Experience in this job
17 years
Mine type
Underground
Sector
Coal
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