Fatality · MSHA Record #220203000025
Shuttle Car Operator, Mantrip Operator, Ramcar Operator, Rail Runner, Buggy Operator
October 13, 2020 at 8:30 PM
Operator: Warrior Coal LLC (Alliance Resource Partners LP)
Hopkins County, KY
ClassificationPOWERED HAULAGE
TypeStruck by powered moving object
Investigator narrative
The victim was fatally injured when struck by a battery powered scoop which had trammed through a line curtain in the #6 Entry of the #5 Unit (MMU 009-0) outby the working place where the continuous mining machine was being operated.
Record details
- Activity at time of incident
- Shuttle Car, Ram Car, Buggy
- Subunit / location
- UNDERGROUND
- Accident type
- Struck by powered moving object
- Source of injury
- MINE JEEP,KERSEY,JITNEY
- Nature of injury
- CRUSHING
- Total mining experience
- 30 years
- Experience at this mine
- 2 years
- Experience in this job
- 2 years
- Degree of injury
- FATALITY
Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 220203000025 · Mine ID 1517216Trainer view →