October 7, 2002
AL · Coal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
Fatality · FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Tuscaloosa Resources Inc
· Struck by falling object
ON OCT.7, 2002, A 31 YEAR OLD MINER WAS FATALLY INJURED BY THE FALL OF A SINGLE ROCK/CLAY MASS FROM LOOSE UNCONSOLIDATED MATERIAL LOCATED ABOVE THE HIGHWALL. RAINFALL HAD OCCURRED DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS & WAS REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN HEAVY JUST PRIOR TO THE START OF THE 6AM SHIFT. MINER WAS HAND SHOVELING RAW COAL FROM THE BASE TO SCOOP INTO LOADER. NOT WEARING A HARD HAT.