Fatality · MSHA Record #220040720042
Mine Manager, Mine Foreman, Mine Owner
March 2, 2004 at 4:00 PM
Operator: Birch River Energy, LLC (Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.)
Webster County, WV
ClassificationFALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
TypeCaught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings
Investigator narrative
PRELIMINARY INDICATIONS ARE THAT A PORTION OF THE STOCKPILE SLID, COVERING AN EMPLOYEE WHILE HE WAS DIRECTING A LOADER OPERATING DURING ACTIVITIES RELATED TO THE MAINTENANCE ON AN UNDERGROUND RECLAIM FEEDER. THE EE WAS COVERED FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME AND WAS PRONOUNCED DECEASED AT THE HOSPITAL.
Record details
- Activity at time of incident
- Supervise
- Subunit / location
- MILL OPERATION/PREPARATION PLANT
- Accident type
- Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings
- Source of injury
- BROKEN ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
- Nature of injury
- SUFFOC,SMOK INHILAT,DROWN
- Total mining experience
- 31 years
- Experience at this mine
- 6 years
- Experience in this job
- 3 years
- Degree of injury
- FATALITY
Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 220040720042 · Mine ID 4606045Trainer view →