Fatality · MSHA Record #220132870055
Shuttle Car Operator fatality at Prosperity Mine (Five Star Mining Inc), IN, October 11, 2013
at 2:20 PM
On October 11, 2013, a shuttle car operator was fatally injured in a powered haulage accident at Prosperity Mine (Five Star Mining Inc), IN.
Operator:
Five Star Mining Inc
(Donald Blankenberger)
Pike County, IN
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Investigator narrative
A shuttle car driver was tramming through a crosscut from Entry # 5 to Entry # 6. The car driver stopped spoke to the victim. The victim proceeded past the car, traveled through a curtain into the intersection of Entry # 6. The victim told the car driver he was clear. The car proceeded through the curtain and struck the victim between the shuttle car and the left rib.
Final MSHA investigation
Findings from MSHA's final investigation report, which supersedes the preliminary narrative above.
Record details
- Activity at time of incident
- Walking, Running
- Subunit / location
- UNDERGROUND
- Underground location
- LAST OPEN CROSSCUT
- Mining method
- Continuous Mining
- Accident type
- Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
- Source of injury
- MINE JEEP,KERSEY,JITNEY
- Nature of injury
- CRUSHING
- Body part affected
- MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
- Total mining experience
- 22 years
- Experience at this mine
- 8 years
- Experience in this job
- 8 years
- Degree of injury
- FATALITY
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Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 220132870055 · Mine ID 1202249
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