Trainer view
Print or save as PDF from your browser (⌘P / Ctrl+P).
← Standard view
Case study · MSHA Record #220010870017
Laborer fatality
March 14, 2001 at
Ranger Fuel Preparation Plant
· U S Steel Mining Company Llc
· Wyoming County, WV
Investigator narrative
IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE VICTIM WAS MISSING SHORTLY AFTER 10:00 PM. A SEARCH BEGAN WHICH CULMINATED IN THE VICTIM'S RETRIEVAL FROM THE "A" RAW COAL SILO AT APPROXIMATELY 7:55 PM ON MARCH 15, 2001. IT IS INCONCLUSIVE AS TO EXACTLY WHERE THE VICTIM ENTERED THE RAW COAL SYSTEM. CONSEQUENTLY AN EXACT CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT WAS NOT DETERMINED.
Record details
- Classification
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
- Accident type
- Unclassified, insufficient data
- Activity at time
- Machine Maintenance
- Subunit / location
- MILL OPERATION/PREPARATION PLANT
- Source of injury
- MISCELLANEOUS,NEC
- Nature of injury
- UNCLASSIFIED,NOT DETERMED
- Body part affected
- UNCLASSIFIED
- Total mining experience
- 25 years
- Experience at this mine
- 20 years
- Experience in this job
- 6 years
- Mine type
- Facility
- Sector
- Coal
Similar incidents in MSHA records
· same classification: SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
-
September 23, 2026 · Zack Burkett Co. · TX · Front-End Loader
Rock was stuck in grizzle bars. Loader Operator feed large rock to dislodge. Rock did not dislodge. EE got into the feeder with a sledgehammer to dislodge the jammed rock has EE swung the hammer EE missed the rock and struck the grizzle bars which caused the hammer to ricochet causing EE to lose EE's balance and…
-
August 13, 2026 · Memphis Stone & Gravel Company · MS · Master Mechanic
Employee was completing maintenance task and was fatally buried.
-
July 29, 2026 · Tata Chemicals Soda Ash Partners LLC · WY · Mine Manager
Fall from height from 5th floor to 4th floor through open hatch. Employee was Canadian National and does not have social security number.