January 29, 2006
UT · Coal
longwall operator, chock operator, shear operator, plow operator
Fatality · FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Andalex Resources Inc
· Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
The Shearer operators had cut a taper from #40 shield towards the headgate. The headgate drum was just a foot or two from cutting through the headgate when a bounce occurred. The bouce blew coal through the bounce shields striking him