Fatality · MSHA Record #220140900018
Apprentice, Trainee
March 25, 2014 at 1:45 AM
Operator: Gibson County Coal LLC (Alliance Resource Partners LP)
Gibson County, IN
ClassificationMACHINERY
TypeCaught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Investigator narrative
The victim was in the process of cutting through the inner left-side side plate. When the cut was completed, the cat frame pivoted upward, pinning the victim between the cat track and frame of the feeder. The side plates connect the hopper jack assembles to the cat frame. The victim was working on n Auxier Welding Inc belt feeder.
Record details
- Activity at time of incident
- Welding Or Cutting
- Subunit / location
- UNDERGROUND
- Accident type
- Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
- Source of injury
- BELT CONVEYORS
- Nature of injury
- CRUSHING
- Total mining experience
- 0.44 years
- Experience at this mine
- 0.44 years
- Experience in this job
- 0.44 years
- Degree of injury
- FATALITY
Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 220140900018 · Mine ID 1202215Trainer view →