The employee stepped out of manhole and onto the slope and was struck by a slope tractor traveling down the slope.
Greenbrier Minerals, LLCOperator
- Fatalities
- 3
- Total incidents
- 443
- Mines on record
- 16
- Period
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Top causes
- POWERED HAULAGE3 fatalities · 28 non-fatal
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK121 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS98 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON57 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)45 non-fatal
- MACHINERY23 non-fatal
Incident timeline
Mines on record
- Saunders Preparation PlantWV
- Elk Lick TippleWV
- Midland Trail Mine No 2WV
- Toney Fork Surface MineWV
- Mountaineer Pocahontas No 1 Prep PlantWV
- Pocahontas MineWV
- MOUNTAINEER POCAHONTAS NO 1 MINEWV
- Mountaineer Pocahontas No 3 MineWV
- Powellton #1 MineWV
- Kuhn RidgeWV
- Lower War EagleWV
- Pollock Knob Surface MineWV
- Muddy BridgeWV
- Eagle No 1 MineWV
- Elklick Surface MineWV
- North Fork Winifrede Deep MineWV
Fatalities under this operator
3 recordedTruck bed turned over while dumping after load failed to clear from bed. This caused the truck to tip up on passenger side tires-truck did not turn over or sustain any damage. Material was wet and damp and temp. was cold. Driver chose not to use bed treatment station provided by company. Trailer appeared to be loaded toward the front. Driver chose to jump from truck.
There were no witnesses to the event. Employee was found with right arm caught by the hold up roller of the remote discharge of the #1 conveyor. When found by crew members, employee was not responsive. Employee was transported to the surface when employee was pronounced deceased.