January 12, 2008
TX · Coal
coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler
Fatality · FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Luminant Mining Company LLC
· Struck by falling object
Employee exited the Hitachi Shovel and placed himself between the shovel and highwall. While on the ground between the shovel and highwall, the highwall sloughed and pinned the employee against the track of the machine resulting in a fatality.