POWERED HAULAGE

Name: POWERED HAULAGE at Independence Coal Company Inc
Start: 05/21/2001

220011490060 · 05/21/2001 · Independence Coal Company Inc

Details

Degree of injury: PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY
Classification: POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type: Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation: Section foreman, Bullgang foreman, Labor foreman, Leadman, Shift boss
Activity: Walking, Running
Injury source: MINE JEEP,KERSEY,JITNEY
Nature of injury: AMPUTATION OR ENUCLEATION
Body part: LOWER LEG/TIBIA/FIBULA
Days lost: 276
Mine experience: 0.3 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Massey Energy Company
Operator: Independence Coal Company Inc
Mine: 4608492

Narrative

EE HAD COMPLETED HANGING FLYPADS. AS HE WAS WALKING AWAY FROM FLYPADS, THE SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR RANG BELL THREE TIMES AND THEN PROCEEDED THROUGH CURTAINS. THE SHUTTLE CAR HIT INJURED IN THE BA CK OF HIS LEGS AND CARRIED HIM AS IT HIT THE PARKED SCOOP. EE WAS TRANSPORTATED TO HOSPITAL. INJURY RESULTED IN BI-LATERAL AMPUTATION OF LEGS BELOW KNEES.

Source

Authoritative: MSHA Open Government Data
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown