# MACHINERY
> **FATAL** · MSHA accident `220152650003` · 09/16/2015 · Sebree Mining LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** FATALITY
- **Classification:** MACHINERY
- **Accident type:** Struck by falling object
- **Occupation:** Maintenance man, Mechanic,  Repair/Serviceman, Boilermaker, Fueler, Tire tech, Field service tech
- **Activity:** Machine maintenance
- **Injury source:** UNDERGRD MINING MACHINES
- **Nature of injury:** CRUSHING
- **Body part:** TRUNK, MULTIPLE PARTS
- **Days lost:** —
- **Mine experience:** 9 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Alliance Resource Partners LP
- **Operator:** Sebree Mining LLC
- **Mine:** [1518547](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/1518547)
## Narrative

The miner & a co-worker installed blocking material under the cutter head of the continuous miner to support it while they replaced the load-lock valve. The victim was in the process of installing the new valve when the blocking material failed & allowed the cutter head to fall to the mine floor. The victim was crushed between the boom of the cutter head & the frame of the pan.

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*Source: [MSHA Open Government Data](https://arlweb.msha.gov/OpenGovernmentData/) · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*