Fatality · MSHA Record #220022350051

Greaser fatality at Laurel Fork Deep Mine (Titan Mining, Inc.), WV, August 12, 2002

at 1:45 PM

On August 12, 2002, a greaser was fatally injured in a machinery accident at Laurel Fork Deep Mine (Titan Mining, Inc.), WV.

Laurel Fork Deep Mine · Underground · Coal

Operator: Titan Mining, Inc. (Clyde H McComas; Ollie Burns)

Contractor on site: PUL

Kanawha County, WV

Classification MACHINERY

Type Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Investigator narrative

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO MOVE A CONT MINER DOWN #5 ENTRY, WATCHING THE SLACK ON THE CABLE. THE MINER TRAMMED OVER AN 8 TO 10 INCH LEDGE IN THE BOTTOM, CAUSING THE MINER BOOM TO SUDDENLY FLY UPWARDS, STRIKING THE ROOF AND CRUSHING THE VICTIM'S HEAD, HE HAD BEEN INSTRUCTED TO STAY BACK AND WATCH THE CABLE SLACK AND TO STAY AWAY FROM THE MINER AND MINER BOOM.

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Continuous Miner
Subunit / location: UNDERGROUND
Underground location: INTERSECTION
Mining method: Continuous Mining
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: HEAD,NEC
Total mining experience: 0 years
Experience at this mine: 0 years
Experience in this job: 0 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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