Mining Incidents
Fatality · MSHA Record #220041060019

Continuous Miner Operator, Coal Mole Operator

April 3, 2004 at 11:40 PM
Mercer Deep Mine · Underground · Coal
Webster County, WV
ClassificationMACHINERY
TypeCaught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Investigator narrative
Employee was pinned between the coal rib and the ripper head of the continuous miner as he was moving the miner from the 2 right crosscut to the 2 left crosscut by radio remote.
Record details
Activity at time of incident
Continuous Miner
Subunit / location
UNDERGROUND
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Source of injury
UNDERGRD MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury
CRUSHING
Total mining experience
29 years
Experience at this mine
1 year
Experience in this job
27 years
Degree of injury
FATALITY
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