Fatality · MSHA Record #219932350001

Front-End Loader Operator fatality at Whitney Plant (UG) (Pioneer Mid-Atlantic Inc), PA, August 11, 1993

at 5:30 PM

On August 11, 1993, a front-end loader operator was fatally injured in a fall of face/rib/pillar/side/highwall accident at Whitney Plant (UG) (Pioneer Mid-Atlantic Inc), PA.

Whitney Plant (UG) · Underground · Metal/Non-Metal

Operator: Pioneer Mid-Atlantic Inc (Pioneer International Ltd)

Westmoreland County, PA

Classification FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL

Type Struck by falling object

Investigator narrative

EMPLOYEE WAS MUCKING OUT THE PILE WHEN HE NOTICED WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS A MISS-FIRE.HE THEN DUG HIS WAY TO THE SUSPECTED MISS-FIRE,WHICH PLACED HIM AND HIS MACHINE UNDER LOOSE MATERIAL.THE EMPLO YEE THEN EXITED HIS MACHINE TO RETRIEVE THE SUSPECTED MISS-FIRE.WHILE STANDING AT THE FACE,A LARGE ROCK SLIPPED OFF THE FACE,CRUSHING THE EMPLOYEE.

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Getting On Or Off Equipment
Subunit / location: UNDERGROUND
Underground location: FACE
Mining method: Other
Accident type: Struck by falling object
Source of injury: CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury: CRUSHING
Body part affected: MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Total mining experience: 16 years
Experience at this mine: 2 years
Experience in this job: 6 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

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