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Electrician, Lineman fatality
November 1, 2021 at 4:55 PM
Mountaineer II Mine · Mingo Logan Coal LLC · Logan County, WV
Investigator narrative
A fatal incident occurred while traveling the external slope on a rubber tired four wheeler.
Record details
- Classification
- POWERED HAULAGE
- Accident type
- Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
- Activity at time
- Mantrip
- Subunit / location
- UNDERGROUND
- Source of injury
- MINE JEEP,KERSEY,JITNEY
- Nature of injury
- MULTIPLE INJURIES
- Total mining experience
- 25 years
- Experience at this mine
- 1.15 years
- Experience in this job
- 25 years
- Mine type
- Underground
- Sector
- Coal
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