MSHA's accident file records 107 fatalities at mines in Alabama since 1983, listed by year. Each links to its incident record.
Employee was discovered at shield 74. The employee was found caught between the shield resulting in a head crushing injury. Employee was transported to the surface and EMS performed CPR until time of death was called.
It was determined that the employee had previously mined the #3 entry on the 7S section. The employee had moved the CM outby 12 crosscut and had walked back to the last row of support in the #3 entry to adjust the tubing. A rock fell from just inby the last row of permanent support and struck the employee taking them to the ground. This fatality was investigated by MSHA.
Employee was fatally injured when a belt component malfunctioned (the bridal bar had a mechanical failure and broke) on the C1 Longwall take-up and struck employee in the chest causing blunt force trauma.
Victim was operating front-end loader in coal pit area, when a highwall failure occurred, covering the front-end loader completely.
The injured miner & the supervisor were attempting to light the #2 kiln's gas flame. While the miner was holding a flare attached to a metal pole at the end of the gas pipe, the supervisor turned on the gas. In the process of lighting, the gas ignited & blew back through the front of the kiln causing burns to the right side of the miner's body. On 5/28/18 the EE passed away.
Rope access technician was performing inspection of downcomer duct. Around 11:30a.m.the technician became unresponsive by radio. Upon rescue and removal from downcomer duct, technician was alert and responsive with apparent head and leg injuries. Technician was transported to the hospital where they passed away on 9/21/2017.
Injured employee sustained fatal injuries resulting from head trauma after jumping or being thrown from the lead locomotive of a supply trip at crosscut 16 on east mains track.
During Longwall setup procedures, two service representatives from shield manufacturer were installing yield valves on shields. The deceased was positioned behind leg jacks installing yield valves on tilt jack, while second representative began to install yield valves on leg jack. Plugs from both jacks were removed causing the shield canopy to collapse crushing the victim.
Employee was checking transmission fluid on dozer, and was found unconscious on ground, possibly related to medical emergency. *The miner never regained consciousness and succumbed to his injuries on October 5, 2015.
Bulldozer operator was preparing a drill bench on top of an approx. 50' highwall. Operator was pushing consolidated material over the edge of the highwall. The bulldozer traveled over the edge of the highwall and fell to the pit bottom. Operator was found unresponsive. 1st aid and CPR were performed until the coroner arrived and pronounced the victim dead at 1404 hours.
Employee walked up to the 7-2C header to inspect wipers. The victim was on an elevated catwalk at discharge of the 7-2B conveyor belt to examine the belt wiper. He fell off the end of catwalk on 7-2B belt. Employee was caught between the skirt and the top belt resulting in a fatal injury.
Employee was climbing up ladder onto Rock Truck when his feet slipped out from under him causing him to fall to the ground.*** Note added Employee died 12/28/12 from complications related to this injury per fatal ruling/notification on 6/27/13 from MSHA.
At approximately 10:15am an employee received fatal crushing injuries as he was helping move a Longwall power center. The fatal injuries occurred when the employee was crushed between the power center and rib as the power center was being moved into a cross cut.
Electrician was performing work on a shuttle car cable reel on the West Main Left section when his received a fatal electrical shock. The electrician came in contact with the exposed 995 volt energized cable leads in the cable reel compartment.
The victim was operating an excavator with a rock breaker attachment. He was scaling rock from the highwall face when the face fell onto the cab of excavator crushing him.
Truck haulage accident involving two 100 ton rear dump trucks. It appears the victim did not observe the stopped truck and struck it in the rear.
The Service Truck Operator was refueling a drill rig when an ignition from an unknown source resulted in fatal burns.
Drill operator was fatally injured by the drill rig he was operating. The likely scenario is that the drill rig began to roll forward while he was at the back of the rig operating the controls for the drill. The victim may have attempted to stop the drill rig and was caught up under the rig and suffered fatal injuries. There were no witnesses to the accident.
Employee was traveling #2 Longwall Bleeders and when he did not check in, we sent someone in to look for him. He was found unresponsive with no vital signs. The cause of death is still being investigated.
Employee had just gotten off work, he was driving out of the mine on the haul road and was trying to pass two other employees and got off the road and hit an old gate post.
Employee was standing on the left side catwalk of a 777F rock truck, near the rear of the cab, when the dump bed came down, crushing him between the bed and the catwalk handrail.
employee was caught between two pieces of equipment resulting in fatal injuries
The victim (mechanic) removed fuel injector from engine and then instructed his helper to turn the engine over. Diesel fuel and/or air came out of the 1/4 inch injector hole and struck him in the left eye and entered his brain, causing fatal injury.
EE stated he had been to #3 rock bin to inspect the chute of #4 refuse belt. Witness: EE was on the 1st or 2nd step of a small ladder w/backward fall protection when he "blacked out".*He slipped from ladder landing on feet & fell on his back*. He never lost consciousness. We are waiting for medical records to determine the cause.*On 12/18/07 he had surgery & he died on 12/19/07*
Contractor (Hooper and Chandler) was removing old tin and installing new tin on top of shop, when employee fell through the roof and landed on the concrete floor causing fatal injuries. The employee fell approx. 28 feet.
Employee was getting back on dozer to move for a shot. A co-worker was backing beside the dozer. He struck employee, and ran over him with pickup truck. Employee suffered trauma to his head and chest.
Roof fall occurred in the outby area of the Old No. 8 Section. A rock fell onto the victim, causing injuries to the employee. The rock that fell onto the employee, was in the intersection at Spad 3575, in the old works of the mine.
While installing roof pins in front of LW shield, piece of rock fell, striking employee and knocking him down. Contusion to back of head, laceration to right hand and fracture to left ankle. The victim was flown by helicopter to the nearest trauma center, where he died on April 10, 2006.
The victim was being task trained to operator a haul truck and lost control of the truck while backing down a ramp. The truck ran through a berm, overturned, and fell approx. 30 feet to the bench below.
A piece of rock fell from between the pin & rib striking injured on head, shoulder & back. Victim died 11/15/05.
Intersection roof fall in above roof suport in the #4 entry/belt entry in the last open crosscut causing death of a bridge operator.
Employee was discovered by section foreman caught in the pick breaker on the Stamler feeder. He suffered fatal injuries to his lower chest and mid torso.
EE fell while putting away tools at end of shift. (Had been installing permanent handrail.) EE fell from first floor (steel floor 16' 9" above ground floor - cement foundation); multiple injuries. Had removed his harness at end of shift. Fell through safety tape that was installed between temp. & perm. handrail. Died on 2/23/05 as result of injuries.
AS THE VICTIM WAS WASHING DOWN THE AREA OF THE BUNKER, HE BECAME PINNED BETWEEN AN UPRIGHT BEAM AND THE RAIL BUNKER CAR. THE RESULT WAS FATAL CRUSHING INJURIES.
AFTER FAILING TO REPORT OUT, THE VICTIM WAS DISCOVERED ON SURFACE, HAVING TRAVELED BY BELT. INVESTIGATION IS STILL ONGOING AT THIS TIME AS TO WHAT HAPPENED TO CAUSE THIS ACCIDENT.
TRUCK DRIVER DID NOT PUT SAFETY BAR UP OR BLOCK OFF DUMP BODY FROM COMING DOWN ON HIM. HE THEN GOT UP ON TRUCK UNDERNEATH BODY WHERE HE HAD NO BUSINESS. BEING WHICH RESULTED IN HIS DEATH. HE WAS TOLD IF HE HAD PROBLEM WITH TRUCK CALL MECHANICS FIRST.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A CRANE TO MOVE A GENERATOR THAT WAS POSITIONED ON THE BANK OF A SETTLING POND. WHEN THE EMPLOYEE MOVED THE GENERATOR WITH THE CRANE, THE CRANE TIPPED OVER. THE CAB WAS CRUSHED ON IMPACT WITH THE GROUND FATALLY INJURING THE EMPLOYEE.
EE BACKED UP TO THE DUMP AREA AND DID NOT STOP.
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.
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CONCRETE FLOORING COLLASPED.
DRIVER CLIMBED ON BACK TIRE OF TRUCK TO FINISH TARPING HIS LOAD AND SLIPPED & FELL OFF TRUCK HITTING HIS HEAD
VICTIM WAS ATTEMPTING TO CONNECT ELECTRICAL CABLES FOR A SUBMERSIBLE PUMP AT THE BOTTOM OF THE QUARRY. HE WAS WORKING AT THE SUMP AREA WHICH IS NEAR THE SOUTH HIGHWALL. ALTHOUGH NO ONE SAW A R OCK OR ROCKS HIT THE VICTIM, IT APPEARS HE WAS HIT BY FALLING ROCK. REPORTED TO MSHA IMMEDIATELY.
THE EE WAS IN PROCESS OF WORKING A TWIST FROM A ROLL OF WIRE MESH BEING INSTALLED AT #50 SHIELD ON C-2 LONGWALL FACE IN PREPARATION FOR EQUIPMENT RECOVERY. THE INDIVIDUAL POSITIONED HIMSELF WI TH HIS BACK TOWARD THE FACE. A PIECE OF ROCK MEASURING 9'WIDE X42" HIGHX11" TO 16" THICK FELLFROM THE FACE STRIKING PERSON IN BACK
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EE WAS OPERATING PC400 KOMATSU EXCAVATOR BY THE 530 LEVE SW QUARRY WALL, WHEN A LARGE ROCK STRUCK THE BUCKET & SLID DOWN THE ARM, STRIKING THE OPERATOR'S CAB. FATALLY INJURING THE OPERATOR.
INJURED WAS BACKING UP TO DUMP SITE; HAUL TRUCK TRAVELED THROUGH BERM; OVERTURNED; LANDED ON SLOPE OF WASTE MATERIAL; SLID TO WATER OLD, INACTIVE PIT.
A MAN WAS CRUSHED TO DEATH WHEN CAUGHT IN A PINCH POINT. A SCOOP TRAMMING THROUGH A DROP CURTAIN, HIT A MANTRIP RIDE, PUSHING IT BACK ABOUT 2'. THE VICTUM WAS CRAWLING BETWEEN THE MANTRIP RIDE AND THE RIB AT THAT MOMENT.
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING A BOOM TO A BELT DRIVE, WHEN A CHAIN HOIST (1 1/2 TON HARRINGTON) , CHAIN BROKE CAUSING BOOM TO SHIFT TOWARD DRIVE ROLLERS, STRIKING EMPLOYEE ACROSS BACK AND RIDING HIM DOWN, RESULTING IN A FATAL INJURY.
THE DECEASED WAS ROOF BOLTING IN A OVERCAST AREA THAT HAD BEEN SHOT OUT WITH EXPLOSIVE. HE WAS INSTALLING A ROOF BOLT ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE FLETCHER ROOF BOLT MACHINE. WHEN A ROCK 3 FT X 2 F T X 9 FT FELL FROM THE ROOF STRIKING HIM FROM THE BACK.
TWO EMPLOYEES WERE EXAMINING AN AREA OF THE BLEEDERS.WHILE TRAVELING OVER A ROCK FALL,THEY ENTERED AN AREA OF LOW OXYGEN.
EE WAS REMOVING COAL FROM THE #17 CLEAN COAL CONVEYOR BELT, WHEN THE SUPPORTING STRUCTURE COLLAPSED.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS HAULING ROCK AT THE SURFACE ROCK BIN BUT IT WAS NOT YET READY TO LOAD HE PULLED PAST THE BIN UNTIL IT WAS READY TO BE DUMPED HE THEN BACKED BACK UNDER THE BIN THE BIN FELL CRU SHING THE CAB OF THE ROCK TRUCK CAUSING DEATH TOTHE EMPLOYEE NOTE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WILL BEFORWARDED
BASED ON TESTIMONY, WELDING WAS TO BE PERFORMED ON THE STAGELOADER AND PROBLEMS WERE EXPERIENCED SETTING THE WELDER UP. ACCORDING TO WITNESSES, WITH THE INCOMING POWER STILL ON, THE TOP PANEL WAS REMOVED AND THE EMPLOYEE REACHED INTO THE MACHINE, APPARENTLY ELECTROCUTING HIMSELF.
THE TRUCK WAS OBSERVED STARTING DOWN THE RAMP INTO THE QUARRY. IT APPEARED TO BE GOING FASTER THAN TRUCKS USUALLY TRAVEL DOWN THE RAMP. THE TRUCK TRAVELED ABOUT 300 FEET TO THE FIRST CURVE WHE RE IT OVERTURNED. THE DRIVER WAS NOT WEARING THESEATBELT.
AT APPROX. 10:40 THEY WERE COMPLETING PINNING AND INSTALLING LINE CURTAIN IN THE FACE OF #3 RIGHT ENTRY. I.NAME WAS PUSHING UP LOOSE COAL WITH DIESEL SCOOP IN THE FACE OF #4 RIGHT ENTRY. ON CO MPLETING PUSHING UP IN #4 RIGHT, I.NAME BACKED HIS SCOOP UP TO THE OUTBY CROSSCUT IN #3 AND #4 AND TRAMMED ACROSS TO THE #2 RT OPEN LAST CROSS CUT. HE TRAMMED HIS SCOOP INTO THE SAME CROSSCUT
A FATAL ACCIDENT OCCURRED AT AN ABANDONED SURFACE MINE WHERE LAND RECLAMATION WAS BEING PERFORMED. THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED WHEN THE D9N DOZER OPERATOR LOST CONTROL OF THE MACHINE AND ROLLED OVER (1 1/2 TIMES) THE SLOPED EMBANKMENT (APPROX. 60 FT) WHERE HE HAD BEEN PUSHING DIRT OVER A 35 FT HIGHWALL. THERE WERE NO WITNESSES TO THE ACCIDENT. THE VICTIM WAS FOUND PINNED UNDER THE ROLL O
FATALLY INJURED MAN WAS RIDING IN BUCKET OF SCOOP FACING DIRECTION OF TRAVEL RETURNING TO SECTION FROM AN ADJACENT SET OF ROOMS WHEN HE WAS STRUCK BY A LOADED RAM CAR.INJURED MAN SUSTAINED INJ URIES THAT LATER PROVED TO BE FATAL
ON MARCH 6 1992 AT APPROX 2:00PM A FATAL ACCIDENT OCCURED AT THE LOST CREEK COAL CO PIT #5 SETTLING POND CONSTRUCTION STIE ID #0102853 ACCIDENT OCCURED WHEN A LOADED CONCRETE TRUCK SUDDENLY MO VED FORWARD TO REPOSITION STRIKING I NAME SUPERINTENDENT OF A&A POOL CO WHO WAS KNEELING IN FRONT OF THE RT WHEEL A&A POOL CO HAD CONTRACTED TO CONSTRUCT A SPILLWAY FOR THE PROPOSED SEDTTLING
15095DEPENDENT HAULER WAS DELIVERING 2 SPOOLS OF WIRE ROPE.DURING THE UNLOADING PROCESS AN UNRESTRAINED ROLLED,PINNING THE TRUCK DRIVER BETWEEN THE REELS.THE VICTIM APPEARED TO HAVE SUSTAINED 76229BLE FRACTURES TO THE PELVIC AREA.
THE VICTIM WAS GRADING AN ELEVATED ROAD AND THE RIGHT BANK GAVE AWAY AND THE LOADER OVERTURNED TRAPPING THE VICTIM.
VICTIM WAS INSPECTING SCRAPER FOR OIL LEAK. WHILE CHECKING BOTTOM OF SCRAPER, A MOVING PIECE OF METAL HIT VICTIM IN HEAD.
THE VICTIM WAS OPERATING A FRONT-END LOADER. AFTER FINISHING LOADING THE TRUCK HE RETURNED TO THE PLANT AREA ON A LEVEL ROAD. HE RAN OFF THE ROAD ON THE LEFT SIDE. HE APPARENTLY TIED TO EXIT F ROM THE LOADER ON THE RIGHT SIDE. HE WAS RUN OVER WHEELS.
A ROOF ROCK MEASURING 12 FT LONG X 35 INCH WIDE X 10 INCH HIGH FELL FROM BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS APPROX 40 FT INBY SPAD 8720 ON 5 SECTION IN THE I PANEL OFF OF 3 WEST MAIN THIS RESULTED IN A FATALI TY.
CRUSHED PELVIS AND RIBS AND BROKEN RIGHT LEG DUE TO ROCK FALLING FROM HIGHWALL AFTER EE GOT OFF DOZEN TO CHECK COAL SEAM.
HOT MATERIAL BROKE LOOSE & RAN OVER STAIRWELL WHERE EMPLOYEE WAS EXITING EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN ASSISTING IN GATHERING EQUIPMENT & WAS STANDING BY BURNS TO AT LEAST 50 % OF BODY
EMPLOYEE WAS ON OUTSIDE CORNER OF OVERCAST USING A SLEDGE HAMMER TO KNOCK LOOSE SOME TIN OT DISMANTLE THE OVERCAST. WHEN HE STRUCK A CEMENT BLOCK THE CORNER OF THE RIB SUDDENLY BROKE LOOSE FAL LING ONTO THE EMPLOYEE RESULTING IN A FATAL INJURY.
AFTER STEPPING OUT OF DRILL, EMPLOYEE APPARENTLY FELL 123 FEET FROM THE EDGE OF THE HIGHWALL. THERE WERE NO WITNESSES.
EMPLOYEE WAS RETURNING TO QUARRY FROM DUMPING LOAD & SAW CRUSHER MECHANICAL FAILURE IN DRIVERK TRAIN DAMAGED BRAKE FLUID LINE WHEN UNABLE TO STOP MACHINE EMPLOYEE JUMPED WAS RUN OVER BY REAR W HEELS XXXX THAT HE JUMPED FROM
EMPLOYEE AND TWO OTHER CREW MEMBERS WERE MOVING AN AIR TRACK DRILL DOWN A LEVEL ROAD THE DRILL OPERATOR POSITIONED HIMSELF RIDING THE HYDRAULIC TANK WHICH IS AN UNAUTHORIZED POSITION FOR TRAV EL THE BOOM CYCLINDER DUMP PIN CAME OUT ALLOWING THE MAST TO FALL ON SUBJECT FATALLY INJURING HIM
MEN INSTALLING GOVERNOR CABLE ON MANLIFT.THEY WERE SPOTTING CAR AT 2ND LEVEL.ONE MAN WAS ON TOP.OTHER MAN WAS TO SPOT CAR FOR PROPER HEIGHT TO REMOVE CABLE CLAMP UNDER CAR.AT THIS TIME CAR RAN DOWN PINNING MAN BETWEEN CAR AND STRUCTURAL STEEL.
AFTER REMOVING THE GUARDS AND LEAVING THE CONVEYOR BELT RUNNING DECEASED WAS PERFORMING CLEAN-UP DUTIES AT A TRANSFER POINT WHEN HIS CLOTHING BECAME ENTANGLED IN THE HEAD PULLEY SHAFT CAUSING HIS BODY TO BE ROTATED ABOUT THE SHAFT.
EMPLOYEES WERE 8ISASSEMBLING A RADIAL COAL STACKER THE VICTIM WAS REMOVING BOLTS FROM THE THIRD AND BASE SECTION WHEN THE FRAME UNDERNEATH COLLAPSED CRUSHING HIM
THE VICTIM DROW3ED AFTER RECEIVING AN ELECTRICAL SHOCK WHICH CAUSED HIM TO FALL INTO THE WATER STRIKING HIS HEAD ON A BLUNT OBJECT AS HE FELL. HE WAS ATEMPTING TO ALIGN THE ENDS OF A METAL D DISCHARGE PIPR 3EAR DREDGE. A BARE SECTION IN THE POWER CONDUCTOR CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE METAL STRUCTURE OF THE PONTOON THEREBY CAUSING ONE END OF THE PIPE TO BE ENERGIZED AT APPROX 290 VO
EMPLOYEE WAS PU8HING MATERIAL FROM AN OLD WASHER FINES POND. THE POND HAD BEEN DRAINED AND ALLOWED TO DRY FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. HE WAS PUSHING THE MATERIAL OVER THE HIGHWALL WHEN A SECTION BEHIN D HIM BROKE LOO8E ENGULFING THE DOZER TO WINDOW LEVEL AND PUSHED THE DOZER OVER THE HIGHWALL.
OPERATOR OF A C5RRIER MOUNTED DRILL BACKED THE UNIT OVER A 26 FOOT QUARRY FACE ONTO THE FLOOR WHILE POSITIONING THE DRILL FROM THE REAR MOUNTED REMOTE CONTROL CAB
SEVERAL EMPLOYE9S ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE ENGINE FROM DREDGE AT SAND PLANT #1 WITH BOOM ATTACHED TO BUCKET OF KAWASAKI K-80 LOADER. CABLE SUPPORTING BOOM GAVE WAY RESULTING IN BOOM FALLING ON I. NAME RESULTS OF3ACCIDENT WERE FATAL INJURIES TO I.NAME. HE WAS STANDING UNDER THE BOOM AGAINST ADVISE OF SUPERVISOR AND LOADER OPERATOR I.NAME
EMPLOYEE WAS FO6ND LAYING FACE DWON APPROX 20' INSIDE AN OLD ABANDONED UNDERGROUND MINE OPENING. UNKNOWN CAUSES OF DEATH PENDING AUTOPSY REPORT
FALL OF ROOF IN3THE FAC E ARE A OF #2 ENTRY ON #3 SECTION WHICH COVERED THE CONTINUOUS MINER, TRAPPING THE MINER OPERATOR AND PARTIALLY PINNING THE SECTION SUPERVISOR
EMPLOYEE WAS AP1ARENTLY CLEANING THE FRONT GLASS ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE LOADER HE SLIPPED AND FELL STRIKING HIS HEAD ON THE KEEPER PIN AND BOLT ON THE TILT CYLINDER
APARENTLY TRIED3TO GET OUT OF THE FUEL TRUCK ON A DOWN GRADE HE WAS STRUCK BY THE REAR WHEELS OF THE VECHILE.
EMPL HELPING REPLACE FINISH MILL SEPARATOR LINER PLATES IN FINISH MILL ROOM.EMPL ON 1ST LEVEL OF MILL HOOKING UP NEW LINER PLATE.OLD LINER PLATE HAD BEEN REMOVED FROM SEPARATOR AND STACKED ON TOP OF SEPARATOR.ONE PLATE FELL 40\ STRIKING EMPL IN THE BACK OF HIS HEAD.
I.NAME WAS FATALLY INJURED WHEN HE WAS CRUSHED BETWEEN THE FRONT OF HIS OWN TRUCK WHEN A TRUCK IN FRONT OF HIM GETTING LOADED ROLLED BACK & PINNED HIM WITH A LOADED TANDUM TRAILER.
VICTIM APPARENTLY CAME IN CONTACT WITH 110 VOLTS WHILE STRIKING A STEEL PLATFORM WHICH WAS APPARENTLY PARTIALLY GROUNDED & WAS THEREBY ELECTROCUTED.
MOVING LOCOMOTIVE TRAVELING NORTH AT APPROX. 3-4 MPH. AN EYE WITNESS STATED HE WAS HOLDING A WALKIE-TALKIE RADIO (JOB RELATED) UP TO HIS RIGHT EAR AT THE TIME OF IMPACT. HE WAS HIT, BOUNCED UP WARD APPROX. THREE FEET, FELL, AND WAS ROLLED UNDER THE TRAIN.
LOADER OPERATOR WAS GOING DOWN THE HAUL ROAD THE FAN BLADES BROKE AND CAUSED THE OPERATOR TO LOOK BACK AND THE LOADER RAN OFF THE EMBANKMENT INTO CUT FULL OF WATER EMPLOYEE WAS DROWNED
DECEASED WAS SLIDING DOWN THE 4000 X 42" WIDE X 17 DEGREE SLOPE BELT THAT WAS STOPPED. HE APPARENTLY GAINED SO MUCH SPEED THAT HE COULD NOT DTOP. HIS HEAD STRUCK A PART OF A VENTILATION REGULA TOR SET ACROSS THE BELT. HE THEN STRUCK THE REAR PORTION OF THE COAL LOADING CHUTE, FEET FIRST
DECEASED ELECTED TO MOVE A MINER FROM OUTSIDE THE CONFINES OF THE PROTECTIVE CAB. WHILE STANDING ON THE FOOTWALL HE PLACED HIS LEFT FOOT ON THE DEADMAN CONTROL AND REACHED INSIDE TO THE CONTRO LS. HE ACTIVATED ONLY THE LEFT TRAM TRACK WHICH CAUSED THE MINER TO SLEW TO THE RIGHT, CATCHING HIM BETWEEN THE CAB AND THE RIB
AN ACCIDENT RESULTING IN DEATH OF AN EMPLOYEE OCCURRED WHILE HE WAS HELPING INSTALL PERMANENT ROOF SUPPORTS AS THE BOOM OF ROOFBOLT MACHINE WAS RAISED AGAINST THE ROOF TO INSTALL A BOLT THE V VICTIMS HEAD BECAME ACCIDENTLY CAUGHT BETWEEN BOOM AND MINE ROOF NO OTHER PERSONS OR EQUIPMENT WAS INVOLVED THE AREA WAS BELOW NORMAL WALKING HEIGHTH
VICTIM WAS MOVING A CONTINUOUS MINER FROM 2 LEFT ENTRY THRU FACE X-CUTS TO CUT COAL IN NO 1 RT ENTRY CONTINUOUS MINER WAS LOCATED IN X-CUT BETWEEN NO 1 RT & NO 2 RT WHEN VICTIM WAS CAUGHT BETW EEN CONTINUOUS MINER & RIB
EMPLOYEE WAS APPARENTLY ATTEMPTING TO CHANGE LEADS IN A CUTLER HAMMER DISCONNECT BOX WITH THE BOX ENERGIZED
INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT EMPLOYEE WAS TO BACKSHEAR(TOWARD TAIL GATE) OFF OF FLIGHTS THAT HAD COME OUT OF PAN RACE HE FINISHEDCUTTING OUT & CUT SOME BOTTOM HE TRAMMED THE SHEAR BACK BRITTNE Y CHAIN STARTED STACKING UP SO THEY TRAMMED TOWARD HEAD GATE PAN LINE STARTED UP AT THIS TIME CAUSING FLIGHTS THAT HAD COME OUT OF PAN RACE TO BREAK EMP WAS STRUCK IN HEAD WITH FLYING OBSTACLE
EMPLOYEE WAS BEHIND SCOOP TRACTR WHEN SCOOP OPERATOR STARTED UNLOADING MATERIAL PUSHING BLADE OUT AND BACKING UP AND RAN OVER INJURED.
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FATAL ROOF FALL ACCIDENT OCCURRED NEAR WORKING FACE OF #3 PLACE IN #5 SECT.FATALLY STRUCK DURING EXAMINATION OF THE FACE AREAS AT BEGINNING OF SHIFT.SECTION OF ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN CHANNELS O F ROOF BOLTS,30\ OUTBY THE FACE OF #3 ENTRY ALONG OFF CURTAIN SIDE RIB LINE.