Continuous Miner Operator, Coal Mole Operator fatality

April 3, 2004 at 11:40 PM

Mercer Deep Mine · Brooks Run Mining Company LLC · Webster County, WV

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

Classification: MACHINERY
Accident type: Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Activity at time: Continuous Miner
Subunit / location: UNDERGROUND
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
Mine type: Underground
Sector: Coal

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