Continuous Miner Operator, Coal Mole Operator fatality

July 2, 2013 at 12:13 PM

Wildcat Hills Mine-Underground · Peabody Midwest Mining, LLC · Saline County, IL

Investigator narrative

Employee was fatally injured when he was struck by a battery powered coal hauler in Unit 2.It is believed that the employee walked through the last open crosscut to #4 entry and sat down near the inby corner of #4 entry to eat his lunch. A coal hauler rounded the corner and pinned the employee to the rib.

Record details

Classification: POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type: Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Activity at time: Idle
Subunit / location: UNDERGROUND
Source of injury: MINE JEEP,KERSEY,JITNEY
Nature of injury: CRUSHING
Total mining experience: 11 years
Experience at this mine: 0.12 years
Experience in this job: 7.38 years
Mine type: Underground
Sector: Coal

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