Fatality · MSHA Record #220260750023
Continuous Miner Operator
March 5, 2026
at 1:20 PM
Operator:
Patton Mining LLC
(Foresight Energy Labor LLC)
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
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Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 220260750023 · Mine ID 1103182
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