Fatality · MSHA Record #220041060019

Continuous Miner Operator fatality at Mercer Deep Mine (Brooks Run Mining Company LLC), WV, April 3, 2004

at 11:40 PM

On April 3, 2004, a continuous miner operator was fatally injured in a machinery accident at Mercer Deep Mine (Brooks Run Mining Company LLC), WV.

Mercer Deep Mine · Underground · Coal

Operator: Brooks Run Mining Company LLC (Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.)

Webster County, WV

Classification MACHINERY

Type Caught 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
Underground location: INTERSECTION
Mining method: Continuous Mining
Accident type: Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Source of injury: UNDERGRD MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury: CRUSHING
Body part affected: MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
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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