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Continuous Miner Operator, Coal Mole Operator fatality
August 27, 2001 at 4:50 PM
Cedar Grove Mine · Independence Coal Company Inc · Raleigh County, WV
Investigator narrative
EE OPERATING THE CONTINUOUS MINER IN THE #5 ENTRY WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK BROW FELL STRIKING HIM FROM BEHIND RESULTING IN FATAL INJURIES.
Record details
- Classification
- FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
- Accident type
- Struck by falling object
- Activity at time
- Continuous Miner
- Subunit / location
- UNDERGROUND
- Source of injury
- CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
- Nature of injury
- MULTIPLE INJURIES
- Total mining experience
- 25 years
- Experience at this mine
- 1.07 years
- Experience in this job
- 10 years
- Mine type
- Underground
- Sector
- Coal
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