Fatality · MSHA Record #220022460002

Auger Operator fatality at Walter L Houser Strip (Walter L Houser Coal Company Incorporated), PA, August 27, 2002

at 8:15 AM

On August 27, 2002, an auger operator was fatally injured at Walter L Houser Strip (Walter L Houser Coal Company Incorporated), PA.

Walter L Houser Strip · Surface · Coal

Operator: Walter L Houser Coal Company Incorporated (Mark Houser; Garry W Houser)

Armstrong County, PA

Classification OTHER

Type (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Investigator narrative

EE ENTERED AN AUGER HOLE AND SUFFERED ASPHIXATION DUE TO LACK OF OXYGEN.

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Other, Nec
Subunit / location: AUGER
Accident type: (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Source of injury: OXYGEN DEFICIENT ATMOSPHR
Nature of injury: SUFFOC,SMOK INHILAT,DROWN
Body part affected: BODY SYSTEMS
Total mining experience: 24 years
Experience at this mine: 11 years
Experience in this job: 11 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

Related fatalities

Same classification

August 22, 2024 · Outside Foreman · Paguay Stone LLC, PA
April 13, 2024 · Front-End Loader · Martin Marietta Materials, Inc., GA
August 18, 2023 · Bull Gang Foreman · Twin State Mining, Inc., WV
February 25, 2023 · Rotary Bucket Excavator Operator · Terra Firma Materials LLC, TX
December 22, 2022 · Motorman · The Black Diamond Company, VA

Same year

December 28, 2002 · Welder (Shop) · Appalachian Fuels, LLC, KY
December 27, 2002 · Beltman · Mystic Energy Incorporated, WV
December 26, 2002 · Greaser · Catenary Coal Company LLC, WV
December 20, 2002 · Warehouseman · Freeport-McMoRan Morenci Inc., AZ
December 13, 2002 · Roof Bolter · American Mining & Manufacturing Corporation, KY

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:

Accident record: Download MSHA Accidents.zip then search for Document number 220022460002 (the unique key per MSHA Form 7000-1)
Mine record: MSHA Mine Data Retrieval System and search by Mine ID 3601046
All MSHA datasets: Open Government Data program directory covering Accident, Mines, Inspections, Violations, etc.

Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 220022460002 · Mine ID 3601046 Trainer view →