Trainer view
Print or save as PDF from your browser (⌘P / Ctrl+P).
← Standard view
Case study · MSHA Record #219841280011
Laborer fatality
April 25, 1984 at 12:45 AM
Mine No 20
· Old Ben Coal Company
· Mingo County, WV
Investigator narrative
VICTIM WAS STANDING BESIDE THE PUMP MOTOR COMPARTMENT WHEN A MECHANIC STARTED THE CAR FROM OUTSIDE THE OPERATORS DECK. THE CAR BEGAN TO MOVE-WHEN THE VICTIM SCREAMED, THE MECHANIC JUMPED INTO THE OPERATORS DECK. IN A FRANTIC EFFORT TO STOP THE CAR, HE USED HIS HANDS AND FOOT TO HIT THE CONTROLS. WHEN THE CAR STOPPED, THE FRAME OF THE SHUTTLE CAR WAS COVERING THE VICTIMS BODY UP TO
Record details
- Classification
- POWERED HAULAGE
- Accident type
- Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
- Activity at time
- Idle
- Subunit / location
- UNDERGROUND
- Underground location
- LAST OPEN CROSSCUT
- Mining method
- Continuous Mining
- Source of injury
- MINE JEEP,KERSEY,JITNEY
- Nature of injury
- CRUSHING
- Body part affected
- MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
- Total mining experience
- 8 years
- Experience at this mine
- 8 years
- Experience in this job
- 0 years
- Mine type
- Underground
- Sector
- Coal
Similar incidents in MSHA records
· same classification: POWERED HAULAGE
-
April 3, 2026 · Ohio County Coal Resources, Inc. · WV · Section Foreman
An employee was working on a winch rope on a 650 scoop that was loaded with a shield, this shield was hit by another 650 scoop, causing the employee to be caught between the scoop EE was working on and the shield tip.
-
January 8, 2026 · Ash Grove Cement South Texas LLC · TX · Haul/Off Road/Coal/Ore/Pit/Quarry/Rock/Rubber Tire Truck Driver
Third party delivery driver of raw materials was found deceased trapped between the frame and dump bed of EE's I-Bar owned and operated delivery truck. The driver was located on the West edge of the iron ore stockpile.
-
December 18, 2025 · Greenbrier Minerals, LLC · WV · Master Mechanic
The employee stepped out of manhole and onto the slope and was struck by a slope tractor traveling down the slope.