Mining Incidents
Fatality · MSHA Record #220260750023

Continuous Miner Operator

March 5, 2026 at 1:20 PM
Deer Run Mine · Underground · Coal
Montgomery County, IL
Classification MACHINERY
Type Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Investigator narrative
The IE was moving the miner to the face in entry #3 when we found the IE pinned between the miner tail and the solid rib.
Record details
Activity at time of incident
Continuous Miner
Subunit / location
UNDERGROUND
Underground location
FACE
Mining method
Longwall
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
6 years
Experience at this mine
4 years
Experience in this job
3 years
Degree of injury
FATALITY
Verify on MSHA

Every record on this page mirrors what MSHA publishes under its Open Government Data program, refreshed weekly. MSHA does not publish per-accident URLs — the Accidents data is distributed as a single bulk file — so this is how to retrieve the source for the specific record below:

Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 220260750023 · Mine ID 1103182 Trainer view →