Shuttle Car Operator fatality at New Era Mine (Kerr-Mc Gee Coal Corp), IL, March 15, 1991

THE EE AND HIS CREW WERE ATTEMPTING TO FREE THE CONTINUOUS MINER FROM THE MUD AT THE FACE. A RAMCAR WHICH BROUGHT IN TIMBERS TO BE CUT AND PLACED UNDER THE CONTINUOUS MINER WAS MOVED APPROX. 8 5 FT UPHILL FROM THE CONTINUOUS MINER. THE RAMCAR 6 MIN LATER STARTED ROLLING BACK DOWN THE HILL TOWARD THE CONTINUOUS MINER. THE EE ATTEMPTED TO RUN TOWARD THE CONTINUOUS MINER TAIL BUT WAS

Activity at time of incident

Escaping A Hazard

Subunit / location

UNDERGROUND

Underground location

FACE

Mining method

Continuous Mining

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

HEAD,NEC

Total mining experience

25 years

Experience at this mine

2 years

Experience in this job

2 years

Degree of injury

FATALITY

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