December 21, 2001
KY · Coal
shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator
POWERED HAULAGE
B & D Mining Llc · Struck by flying object
EE WAS OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR WHEN A HARD HAT SIZED ROCK BECAME HUNG IN THE CONVEYOR OF THE CONTINUOUS MINER. AS THE ROCK DISLODGE, IT FLEWOUT THE TAIL OF THE CONVEYOR AND STRUCK EE IN THE LE FT SIDE OF THE CHEST, BRUISING HIS RIBS. THIS WAS THE LAST SHIFT BEFORE CHRISTMAS VACATION.