Fatality · MSHA Record #220123450028
Electrician
November 30, 2012
at 1:20 AM
Operator:
White Buck Coal Company
(Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.)
Greenbrier County, WV
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Type
Struck by powered moving object
Investigator narrative
At Approx. 1:20 am EE, a certified electrician, was fatally injured when he was struck by a maintenance scoop in an intersection of #7 entry on #2 unit during the third shift. Present information suggests that the scoop operator did not observe EE in the intersection prior to the incident due to miscommunication.
Record details
- Activity at time of incident
- Electrical Maintenance
- Subunit / location
- UNDERGROUND
- Underground location
- INTERSECTION
- Mining method
- Continuous Mining
- Accident type
- Struck by powered moving object
- Source of injury
- MINE JEEP,KERSEY,JITNEY
- Nature of injury
- CRUSHING
- Body part affected
- TRUNK, MULTIPLE PARTS
- Total mining experience
- 3 years
- Experience at this mine
- 1 year
- Experience in this job
- 0 years
- Degree of injury
- FATALITY
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Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 220123450028 · Mine ID 4609154
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