September 28, 1995
WV · Coal
shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator
Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Sand Branch Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
THE VICTUM WAS LYING ON 2 BAGS OF ROCKDUST WHILE RIDING IN MANTRIP. THIS CAUSED HIS BODY TO BE ABOVE THE TOP OF THE OPEN MANTRIP. THE MANTRIP HIT A ROCK PUSHING IT TO THE ROOF WHICH CRUSHED TH E VICTUM'S HEAD.