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Case study · MSHA Record #220130600014
Shuttle Car Operator fatality
February 19, 2013 at 7:17 PM
AFFINITY MINE
· Pocahontas Coal Company LLC
· Raleigh County, WV
Investigator narrative
The shuttle car operator was shoveling the coal rib in the 5-6 crosscut on #3 section at #18 break. This was the 2nd open crosscut outby the face of #6 entry. The scoop operator turned from #6 entry battery first into the crosscut and struck the shuttle car operator. The shuttle car operator sustained fatal injuries.
Record details
- Classification
- POWERED HAULAGE
- Accident type
- Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
- Activity at time
- Hand Load, Hand Shoveling
- Subunit / location
- UNDERGROUND
- Underground location
- LAST OPEN CROSSCUT
- Mining method
- Continuous Mining
- Source of injury
- MINE JEEP,KERSEY,JITNEY
- Nature of injury
- CRUSHING
- Body part affected
- TRUNK, MULTIPLE PARTS
- Total mining experience
- 4 years
- Experience at this mine
- 1 year
- Experience in this job
- 0 years
- Mine type
- Underground
- Sector
- Coal
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