Fatality · MSHA Record #220032580093
Laborer fatality at Belle Ayr Mine (Alpha Coal West, Inc.), WY, September 9, 2003
at 9:45 AM
On September 9, 2003, a laborer was fatally injured in a powered haulage accident at Belle Ayr Mine (Alpha Coal West, Inc.), WY.
Operator:
Alpha Coal West, Inc.
(Rag Aktiengesellschaft)
Campbell County, WY
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Type
Struck by flying object
Investigator narrative
VICTIM'S 3/4 TON PICK-UP TRUCK WAS PULLING SHOVEL TRAILING CABLE AND HAD BECOME STUCK OR THERE WAS LOSS OF TRACTION; THERE WAS A 2ND PICK-UP HOOKED UP TO THE 1ST TRUCK WITH A 1"NYLON ROPE. TH E ROPE WAS PLACED ON A HOOK WHILE TOWING; THE HOOK ON THE TOWING TRUCK FAILED CAUSING THE HOOK TO SLINGSHOT THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD OF THE TOWED TRUCK, STRIKING THE VICTIM.
Record details
- Activity at time of incident
- Utility Truck, Water Trucks
- Subunit / location
- STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
- Accident type
- Struck by flying object
- Source of injury
- METAL,(Not Elsewhere Classified)(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
- Nature of injury
- FRACTURE,CHIP
- Body part affected
- SKULL
- Total mining experience
- 4 years
- Experience at this mine
- 4 years
- Experience in this job
- 0 years
- Degree of injury
- FATALITY
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Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 220032580093 · Mine ID 4800732
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