Continuous Miner Operator, Coal Mole Operator

The miner operator on the east mains, left section, MMU 007-0, received fatal crushing injuries when portions of the right rib and corner fell unexpectedly. This occurred suddenly while the miner operator was cleaning the second cut in the 5 to 6 crosscut. The rib anomaly was approx 8.5' X 4.5' X 4.5' in the 5 to 6 crosscut and fell pinning operator against shuttle car.

Activity at time of incident

Continuous Miner

Subunit / location

UNDERGROUND

Accident type

Struck by falling object

Source of injury

CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE

Nature of injury

CRUSHING

Total mining experience

25 years

Experience at this mine

11 years

Experience in this job

11 years

Degree of injury

FATALITY