Shuttle Car Operator fatality at Dotiki Mine (Webster County Coal Corp), KY, December 14, 1988

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On December 14, 1988, a shuttle car operator was fatally injured in a powered haulage accident at Dotiki Mine (Webster County Coal Corp), KY.

Dotiki Mine · Underground · Coal

Operator: Webster County Coal Corp (MAPCO Inc)

Webster County, KY

Classification POWERED HAULAGE

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

Investigator narrative

I NAME PARKED HIS CAR IN THE LAST OPEN X CUT INTERSECTION OF 2 ENTRY WHILE WAITING FOR THE LOADER TO CHANGE X CUT HE WAS ASSUMED TO BE OUTSIDE HIS EAR CLEANING THE OPERATORS COMPARTMENT THE B WAS RETURNING FROM THE FEEDER DID NOT SEE HIM OR HIS CAR DUE TO THE COAL SEAM HEIGHT AND THE CAR CANOPY THE B CAR DRIVERS FIELD OF VIEW WAS DOWN THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS EAR AS HE TRAMMED AHEAD

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Handling Supplies Or Material
Subunit / location: UNDERGROUND
Underground location: INTERSECTION
Mining method: Conventional Stoping
Accident type: Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Source of injury: MINE JEEP,KERSEY,JITNEY
Nature of injury: CRUSHING
Body part affected: LEG, NEC
Total mining experience: 16 years
Experience at this mine: 16 years
Experience in this job: 7 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 219883620164 · Mine ID 1502132 Trainer view →