Shuttle Car Operator fatality at Morgan Camp Mine (Carter Roag Coal Company), WV, June 4, 2018

Employee, and six other employees, was traveling from the west mains section to the surface at end of their shift on a ten person diesel mantrip when a 50-ton roof jack struck the employee on the right side of the head. Employee was immediately transported to the surface and flown to Ruby Memorial Hospital. Employee passed away on the evening of 6/5/18.

On Monday, June 4, 2018, at approximately 11:40 p.m., Ronald R. Taylor, a 43-year-old shuttle car operator with 10 years of mining experience, was seriously injured when the personnel carrier he was riding in contacted a roof-to-floor support lying in the roadway. The base of the support was propelled into the passenger compartment and struck him. The personnel carrier was travelling from the section to the surface when the accident occurred. The victim died as a result of the injuries sustained. The accident occurred because the mine operator did not maintain the roadway free of extraneous material.

1. The mine operator did not maintain the haulage roadway free of extraneous material.

Findings from MSHA's final investigation report, which supersedes the preliminary narrative above.

Activity at time of incident

Shuttle Car, Ram Car, Buggy

Subunit / location

UNDERGROUND

Underground location

INTERSECTION

Mining method

Other

Accident type

Struck by flying object

Source of injury

JACKS-MECH,HYDRL,AIR,ETC

Nature of injury

UNCLASSIFIED,NOT DETERMED

Body part affected

HEAD, MULTIPLE PARTS

Total mining experience

10 years

Experience at this mine

0 years

Experience in this job

0 years

Degree of injury

FATALITY

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