Fatality · MSHA Record #219901760157

Maintenance Man fatality at Robindale Energy - Mine 33 (Beth Energy Mines Inc), PA, June 10, 1990

at 11:30 PM

On June 10, 1990, a maintenance man was fatally injured in a powered haulage accident at Robindale Energy - Mine 33 (Beth Energy Mines Inc), PA.

Robindale Energy - Mine 33 · Surface · Coal

Operator: Beth Energy Mines Inc (Bethlehem Steel Corp)

Cambria County, PA

Classification POWERED HAULAGE

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

Investigator narrative

EMPL RIDING IN MANTRIP CAR WHEN IT DERAILED AND EMPL WAS THROWN OUT,CAUGHT BETWEEN MANTRIP CAR AND CEMENT BLOCK WALL..NO.4 TRACK AT NO.6 CHUTE B SEAM,INJURIES TO 8 OTHER MINERS RANGE FROM MINO R TO SERIOUS.

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Mantrip
Subunit / location: UNDERGROUND
Underground location: LAST OPEN CROSSCUT
Mining method: Longwall
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: MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Total mining experience: 16 years
Experience at this mine: 16 years
Experience in this job: 11 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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