Mining Incidents

Little Otter Mining Inc operator

Controlled by Bishop Oley K
MSHA operator ID: P23309
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
1
Mines on record
1
Years on record
1996

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1996
1 (1f)

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded
October 21, 1996 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator Fatality · MACHINERY
Little Otter Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THE MINER OPERATOR WAS IN PROCESS OF BACKING THE MINER OUT AFTER CUTTING THE RIGHT SIDE (HE HAD POSITION HIS BODY BETWEEN THE MINER AND THE RIB), SOMETHING CAUSED THE BACK OF THE MINER TO SLEW TO THE RIGHT AND THE VICTIM HEAD WAS CAUGHT WITH THE CABLE HOOK AND THE RIB.

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