Roof Bolter Helper

August 31, 1989 at 11:40 PM

Dominion No 1 · Underground · Coal

Operator: Dominion Coal Corporation (Sunoco, Inc.)

Buchanan County, VA

Classification POWERED HAULAGE

Type Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Investigator narrative

THE VICTIM AND TWO OTHER EMPLOYEES WERE STAYING BACK FOR TWO HOURS AFTER THE END OF THEIR REGULAR SHIFT TO LAY TRACK. THE FLAT CAR THEY WERE TO USED HAD ONE RAIL ON IT. AT THIS POINT, THE MEN COULD NOT GET THE CAR COUPLED TO THE LOCOMOTIVE SO TWO OF THE EMPLOYEES HOOKED TO IT TO PULL IT TO WHERE IT COULD BE. AS THE CAR WAS BEING PULLED, THE VICTIM CAME FROM APPROX. 20' INBY THE CAR

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Lay Or Repair Railroad Track
Subunit / location: UNDERGROUND
Underground location: LAST OPEN CROSSCUT
Mining method: Continuous Mining
Accident type: Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Source of injury: STEEL RAIL (ALL KINDS)
Nature of injury: MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part affected: MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Total mining experience: 8 years
Experience at this mine: 1 year
Experience in this job: 3 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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