MACHINERY

Name: MACHINERY at Paramont Coal Company Virginia, LLC
Start: 10/22/2003

Fatal · 220033110001 · 10/22/2003 · Paramont Coal Company Virginia, LLC

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: 3.53 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.
Operator: Paramont Coal Company Virginia, LLC
Mine: 4406503

Narrative

THE OPERATOR HAD ALREADY BACKED THE CONTINUOUS MINER BACK AND DROPPED HIS CABLE. AS HE WAS TRAMMING TO SET UP FOR THE END CUT OF THE NO. 6 BLOCK HE WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE CONTINUOUS MINER AND THE RIGHT RIB CAUSING FATAL INJURIES.

Source

Authoritative: MSHA Open Government Data
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