The Continuous Miner had started into a left hand turn on the second lift off the pillar. A roof fall approx. 22'x25' ranging in thickness from 12" to 22" occurred, striking the employee, causing fatal crushing injuries.
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March 22, 2013
UT · Coal
continuous miner operator, coal mole operator
Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Castle Valley Mining LLC · Struck by falling object
June 27, 2011
WV · Coal
bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss
Fatality · FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Rhino Eastern LLC · Struck by falling object
Victim was cleaning rocks and coal to set timbers along a rib line. The rib and brow fell crushing the miner. The brow measured approximately 100" long by 32" thick, by 37" tall.
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