Fatality · MSHA Record #220192600016
Continuous Miner Helper, Coal Mole Helper, Bridgeman
September 5, 2019 at 2:46 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 EE was struck by a battery powered scoop which had trammed through a translucent line curtain in the #3 Entry of the #6 Unit (MMU 005) just outby the working place where the continuous mining machine was being operated. Co-workers observed the victim in a sitting position stretching EE's legs prior to the accident.
Record details
- Activity at time of incident
- Idle
- Subunit / location
- UNDERGROUND
- Accident type
- Struck by powered moving object
- Source of injury
- MINE JEEP,KERSEY,JITNEY
- Nature of injury
- CRUSHING
- Total mining experience
- 15 years
- Experience at this mine
- 0.06 years
- Experience in this job
- 10 years
- Degree of injury
- FATALITY
Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 220192600016 · Mine ID 1517216Trainer view →