February 10, 2004
WV · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Raw Coal Mining Company, Inc.
· Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A BATTERY POWERED, TRACK MOUNTED MANTRIP. UPON ENTERING THE MINE, THE WHEELS OF THE MANTRIP APPARENTLY LOCKED UP AND THE VEHICLE BECAME OUT OF CONTROL. THE MANTRIP STRUC K A METAL DOOR AND THE DOOR STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE.