Fatality · MSHA Record #219860490132

Lw Propman fatality at Virginia Pocahontas 3 (Island Creek Coal Company), VA, February 11, 1986

at 8:25 PM

On February 11, 1986, a lw propman was fatally injured in a powered haulage accident at Virginia Pocahontas 3 (Island Creek Coal Company), VA.

Virginia Pocahontas 3 · Underground · Coal

Operator: Island Creek Coal Company (Occidental Petroleum Corp)

Buchanan County, VA

Classification POWERED HAULAGE

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

Investigator narrative

MAN WAS CLEANIN1 AT BOTTOM OF REFUSE AREA LOADING SITE WHEN HE STEPPED IN FRONT OF AN AERIAL TRAM CAR THIS CAR ROLLED VICTIM BETWEEN A VERTICAL SUPPORT BEAM AND THE CAR THE VICTIM SUSTAINED CU CRUSHING INJ6RIES TO THE CHEST WHICH PROVED TO BE FATAL

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Hand Load, Hand Shoveling
Subunit / location: MILL OPERATION/PREPARATION PLANT
Accident type: Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Source of injury: SURFACE MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury: CRUSHING
Body part affected: CHEST (RIBS/BREAST BONE/CHEST ORGNS)
Total mining experience: 13 years
Experience at this mine: 11 years
Experience in this job: 10 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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