Fatality · MSHA Record #220011130096

Continuous Miner Operator fatality at Whites Branch (Pine Ridge Coal Company), WV, April 12, 2001

at 4:10 PM

On April 12, 2001, a continuous miner operator was fatally injured in a machinery accident at Whites Branch (Pine Ridge Coal Company), WV.

Whites Branch · Underground · Coal

Operator: Pine Ridge Coal Company (Peabody Energy Corporation)

Boone County, WV

Classification MACHINERY

Type Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Investigator narrative

A MACHINERY ACCIDENT OCCURRED RESULTING IN FATAL INJURIES TO CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR. THE EMPLOYEE RECEIVED CRUSHING INJURIES TO HIS UPPER BODY WHEN HE WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE CONTINUOUS MINE R BOOM AND COAL RIB.

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Continuous Miner
Subunit / location: UNDERGROUND
Underground location: INTERSECTION
Mining method: Continuous Mining
Accident type: Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Source of injury: UNDERGRD MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury: CRUSHING
Body part affected: CHEST (RIBS/BREAST BONE/CHEST ORGNS)
Total mining experience: 22 years
Experience at this mine: 0 years
Experience in this job: 18 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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