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Case study · MSHA Record #220260750023
Continuous Miner Operator fatality
March 5, 2026 at 1:20 PM
Deer Run Mine
· Patton Mining LLC
· Montgomery County, IL
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
- Classification
- MACHINERY
- Accident type
- Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
- Activity at time
- Continuous Miner
- Subunit / location
- UNDERGROUND
- Underground location
- FACE
- Mining method
- Longwall
- 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
- Mine type
- Underground
- Sector
- Coal
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