FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS

Name: FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS at Birch River Energy, LLC
Start: 03/02/2004

Fatal · 220040720042 · 03/02/2004 · Birch River Energy, LLC

Details

Degree of injury: FATALITY
Classification: FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Accident type: Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings
Occupation: Mine manager, Mine foreman, Mine owner
Activity: Supervise
Injury source: BROKEN ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury: SUFFOC,SMOK INHILAT,DROWN
Body part: BODY SYSTEMS
Days lost: —
Mine experience: 6 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.
Operator: Birch River Energy, LLC
Mine: 4606045

Narrative

PRELIMINARY INDICATIONS ARE THAT A PORTION OF THE STOCKPILE SLID, COVERING AN EMPLOYEE WHILE HE WAS DIRECTING A LOADER OPERATING DURING ACTIVITIES RELATED TO THE MAINTENANCE ON AN UNDERGROUND RECLAIM FEEDER. THE EE WAS COVERED FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME AND WAS PRONOUNCED DECEASED AT THE HOSPITAL.

Source

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