Mining Incidents
Fatality · MSHA Record #219942970003

Motorman

October 19, 1994 at 6:30 AM
Navajo Mine · Surface · Coal
San Juan County, NM
Classification POWERED HAULAGE
Type Fall from machine
Investigator narrative
HE WAS HAULING COAL FROM LOWE STOCKPILE TO THE COAL PREPARATION PLANT DURING NIGHT SHIFT. UPON RETURNING TO LOWE STOCKPILE WITH AN EMPTY TRAIN TO PICK UP THE LAST LOADED TRAIN WHICH WAS PARKED ON THE WEST TRACK, THE OPERATOR FAILED TO STOP AT A SWITCH STATION AND SWITCH THE RAIL TO THE EAST TRACK BEFORE CONTINUING. THE TRAINED TRAVELING A AN UNDETERMINED SPEED WENT ACROSS THE SWITC
Record details
Activity at time of incident
Locomotive
Subunit / location
STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Accident type
Fall from machine
Source of injury
STD G RAIL CR,MTR-SURF EQ
Nature of injury
MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part affected
MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Total mining experience
15 years
Experience at this mine
15 years
Experience in this job
11 years
Degree of injury
FATALITY
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