Continuous Miner Operator

June 21, 1983 at 10:15 PM

D-R-1 · Underground · Coal

Operator: Clinchfield Coal Company (Pittston Company)

Dickenson County, VA

Classification IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST

Type Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

Investigator narrative

HELPING HANG VENT TUBING WHEN CH4-METHANE EXPLOSION OCCURRED. AS RESULT DIED OF CARBON MONOXIDE POISON.

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Hang Or Reposition Tubing
Subunit / location: UNDERGROUND
Underground location: FACE
Mining method: Continuous Mining
Accident type: Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
Source of injury: NOXIOUS MINE GASES,(Not Elsewhere Classified)
Nature of injury: SUFFOC,SMOK INHILAT,DROWN
Body part affected: BODY SYSTEMS
Total mining experience: 14 years
Experience at this mine: 4 years
Experience in this job: 4 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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