Mining Incidents
Fatality · MSHA Record #219960540001

Shuttle Car Operator

February 15, 1996 at 1:15 PM
No 35 Mine · Underground · Coal
Mcdowell County, WV
Classification POWERED HAULAGE
Type Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Investigator narrative
EMPLOYEE WAS HAULING A LOAD OF BLOCKS ON THE SCOOP THAT HE WAS OPERATING.HIS HEAD APPARENTLY BECAME CAUGHT BETWEEN THE SCOOP AND THE RIB AS HE ROUNDED A CORNER.
Record details
Activity at time of incident
Load-Haul-Dump (Ug)
Subunit / location
UNDERGROUND
Underground location
INTERSECTION
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
MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part affected
HEAD,NEC
Total mining experience
23 years
Experience at this mine
0 years
Experience in this job
3 years
Degree of injury
FATALITY
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