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MACHINERY

Fatal · 220031180001 · 04/15/2003 · Freeman United Coal Mining Company

Details

Degree of injury
FATALITY
Classification
MACHINERY
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation
Continuous miner operator, Coal mole operator
Activity
Continuous miner
Injury source
UNDERGRD MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury
CRUSHING
Body part
ABDOMEN/INTERNAL ORGANS
Days lost
—
Mine experience
2.84 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
General Dynamics Corp
Operator
Freeman United Coal Mining Company
Mine
1102632

Narrative

HE WAS OPERATING THE MINER ON REMOTE CONTROL AND MOVING IT TO START THE CLEAN-UP PROCESS. HE PINNED HIMSELF BETWEEN THE MINER AND THE RIB.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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