Mining Incidents
Fatality · MSHA Record #220140630082

Continuous Miner Operator

February 21, 2014 at 3:35 PM
JV 16 Mine · Underground · Coal
Buchanan County, VA
Classification MACHINERY
Type Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Investigator narrative
Employee was tramming continuous miner from #4 heading toward #1 heading when he was caught between the conveyor boom and the rib. There were no eyewitnesses.
Record details
Activity at time of incident
Continuous Miner
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
UNDERGRD MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury
CRUSHING
Body part affected
CHEST (RIBS/BREAST BONE/CHEST ORGNS)
Total mining experience
5 years
Experience at this mine
1 year
Experience in this job
2 years
Degree of injury
FATALITY
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