Fatality · MSHA Record #220012820001

Maintenance Man fatality at Twilight Mtr Surface Mine (Progress Coal), WV, September 14, 2001

at 10:35 AM

On September 14, 2001, a maintenance man was fatally injured in a machinery accident at Twilight Mtr Surface Mine (Progress Coal), WV.

Twilight Mtr Surface Mine · Surface · Coal

Operator: Progress Coal (Massey Energy Company)

Contractor on site: Y8S

Boone County, WV

Classification MACHINERY

Type Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Investigator narrative

EE ENTERED THE MANLIFT TO BE LOWERED TO THE GROUND, AS THE MANLIFT BEGAN TO DESCEND THE SUPPORT TUBE BROKE AND IT APPEARS TO HAVE STRUCK HE IN THIS HEAD. EMT'S ADMINISTERED FIRST AID AT THE JO B SITE UNTIL HEALTH NET WHERE HE PAST AWAY.

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Getting On Or Off Equipment
Subunit / location: STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Accident type: Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Source of injury: HOISTING APPARATUS,(Not Elsewhere Classified)
Nature of injury: MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part affected: HEAD,NEC
Total mining experience: 5 years
Experience in this job: 3 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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