Mining Incidents
Fatality · MSHA Record #220131930031

Continuous Miner Operator

July 2, 2013 at 12:13 PM
Wildcat Hills Mine-Underground · Underground · Coal
Saline County, IL
Classification POWERED HAULAGE
Type Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Investigator narrative
Employee was fatally injured when he was struck by a battery powered coal hauler in Unit 2.It is believed that the employee walked through the last open crosscut to #4 entry and sat down near the inby corner of #4 entry to eat his lunch. A coal hauler rounded the corner and pinned the employee to the rib.
Record details
Activity at time of incident
Idle
Subunit / location
UNDERGROUND
Underground location
FACE
Mining method
Continuous Mining
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Source of injury
MINE JEEP,KERSEY,JITNEY
Nature of injury
CRUSHING
Body part affected
MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Total mining experience
11 years
Experience at this mine
0 years
Experience in this job
7 years
Degree of injury
FATALITY
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