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Case study · MSHA Record #220120200006
Utility Man fatality
January 11, 2012 at 7:35 PM
Buchanan Mine #1
· Consolidation Coal Company
· Buchanan County, VA
Investigator narrative
The IEE was operating a supp. motor and was helping move a shuttle car. Shuttle car caught a fire valve and broke the fire valve off. The damaged fire outlet was isolated from the main water supply before repairs were started.The IEE was helping re-install the fire valve when the valve blew off and hit the EE over the lt. eye and forehead, causing lacerations,fractures.
Record details
- Classification
- EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
- Accident type
- Struck by flying object
- Activity at time
- Machine Maintenance
- Subunit / location
- UNDERGROUND
- Underground location
- LAST OPEN CROSSCUT
- Mining method
- Longwall
- Source of injury
- METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
- Nature of injury
- FRACTURE,CHIP
- Body part affected
- HEAD,NEC
- Total mining experience
- 1 year
- Experience at this mine
- 0 years
- Experience in this job
- 0 years
- Mine type
- Underground
- Sector
- Coal
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