Utility Man, Errand Boy, Service Truck Operator fatality

February 7, 2013 at 9:20 PM

AFFINITY MINE · Pocahontas Coal Company LLC · Raleigh County, WV

Investigator narrative

Scoop operator placed the scoop bucket over the edge of the elevator/hoist to eject a trash insert. Inadvertent movement of the elevator/hoist raised the scoop upward and the scoop operator ended up under the scoop deck suffering fatal injuries.

Record details

Classification: HOISTING
Accident type: Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Activity at time: Load-Haul-Dump (Ug)
Subunit / location: UNDERGROUND
Source of injury: MINE JEEP,KERSEY,JITNEY
Nature of injury: CRUSHING
Total mining experience: 13 years
Experience at this mine: 0.58 years
Experience in this job: 0.58 years
Mine type: Underground
Sector: Coal

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