April 11, 1990
MD · Coal
shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator
Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Mettiki Coal Corp · Struck by falling object
INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS ON SECTION.INSERTING RESIN AND BOLT INTO HOLE WHEN ROOF ROCK FELL STRIKING HIM ON TOP AND BACK PUSHING HIM INTO BOLTING MACHINE.THIS CAUSED INTERNAL CRUSHING INJURIES.
Mettiki Coal Corp · Struck by falling object
VICTIM WAS INSTALLING BELT HANGERS AS PART OF REHABILITATION PROJECT. HE HAD INSTALLED HANGER & ASSISTED COWORKER. VICTIM RETURNED TO LEFT SIDE OF BOLTER HEAD NEAR DRILL CONTROLS. WHILE HE WAS WAITING HE WS STRUCK BY MASSIVE RIB ROLL WHICH OCCURRED SUDDENLY & WITHOUT WARNING.
Mettiki Coal Corp · Struck by falling object
FATAL VICTIM AND TWO OTHER MEN REACHED DOWN TO PICK UP MINER CABLE WHEN A PORTION OF COAL RIB AND CAP ROCK FELL SUDDENLY CRUSHING AND PINNING THE VICTIM.