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2008 Coal Fatalities

2008 Coal Fatalities. Fatal #1 Kentucky. January 8 (Tuesday) Powered Haulage Age 29 Truck Driver 3 years experience 4 weeks site exp 2 weeks task exp. Fatal #1 Kentucky. The truck over-traveled the edge of the dump and rolled down the spoil slope approximately 140 feet. .

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2008 Coal Fatalities

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  1. 2008 Coal Fatalities

  2. Fatal #1 Kentucky • January 8 (Tuesday) • Powered Haulage • Age 29 • Truck Driver • 3 years experience • 4 weeks site exp • 2 weeks task exp

  3. Fatal #1 Kentucky • The truck over-traveled the edge of the dump and rolled down the spoil slope approximately 140 feet.

  4. Fatal #2 Texas • January 12, 2008 (Saturday) • Highwall Fall • Age 50 • Shovel Operator • 22 years experience

  5. Fatal #2 Texas • During a normal work break, the shovel operator climbed off the shovel. • He was positioned between the highwall & the shovel. • The highwall collapsed and pushed the victim against the track of the shovel.

  6. Fatal #3 Alabama • February 1, 2008 (Friday) • Machinery • Age 34 • Mechanic Contractor • 13 years experience • 2 years task exp

  7. Fatal #3 Alabama • The victim was troubleshooting a diesel engine on a bulldozer. • A valve cover, rocker assembly, and fuel injector had been removed from the cylinder head. • The victim was observing the valve lifters while the engine was turned-over to place the lifters in a better position for retrieval. • Material expelled from the cylinder head as the engine was cranked fatally struck the victim.

  8. Fatal #4 Pennsylvania • February 18, 2008 (Monday) • Electrical • Age 51 • Outside Service Technician contractor • 1 year experience

  9. Fatal #4 Pennsylvania • A rubber-tired boom truck was being used to move the concrete barriers into place along a mine access road. • The boom came in contact with an energized 14,500 volt overhead power wire. • The victim was electrocuted while touching a suspended concrete barrier to move it into place. • The operator of the boom truck was treated and released.

  10. Fatal #5 Wisconsin • February 25, 2008 (Monday) • Power Haulage - UG • Age 50 • Contract Surveyor • 7 1/2 years experience • 19 weeks surveyor experience

  11. Fatal #5 Pennsylvania • The victim was surveying an active underground continuous mining machine section. • He was struck by a loaded shuttle car as it traveled through a check curtain.

  12. Fatal #6 West Virginia • March 12, 2008 (Wednesday) • Machinery • Age 47 • Contract Mechanic • 21 years experience

  13. Fatal #6 West Virginia • The victim was attempting to remove a front guard assembly (belly pan) from a bulldozer. • He was positioned beneath the bulldozer, removing mounting bolts from the bulldozer guard. • The guard was supported by a chain attached to a remote-operated truck-mounted crane. • As the bolts were removed, the chain support slipped and the guard fell.

  14. Fatal #7 Pennsylvania • April 18, 2008 (Friday) • Powered Haulage • Age 43 • Continuous Miner Operator • 3 years 10 months experience

  15. Fatal #7 Pennsylvania • The victim was operating a continuous miner with an attached mobile bridge conveyor system. • As the victim was positioning the continuous miner in a crosscut turning right, the inby mobile bridge operator felt an unusual bouncing of the bridge and failed to get a radio response from the miner operator. • The bridge operator shut the system down using the emergency stop switch & crawled toward the face & discovered the victim pinned between the basket of the bridge & the left rib.

  16. Fatal #8 Virginia • April 22, 2008 (Tuesday) • Fall of Roof/Back - UG • Age 61 • Roof Bolting Machine Operator • 30 years of mining experience

  17. Fatal #8 Virginia • The victim was observing a continuous mining machine producing coal at the working face. • A rock approximately fell from the roof, striking the victim and the continuous mining machine operator. • The continuous mining machine operator received nonfatal injuries.

  18. Fatal #9 West Virginia • May 16, 2008 (Friday) • Electrocution - UG • Age 24 • Electrician • 4 years experience

  19. Fatal #9 West Virginia • The victim cut into an energized shuttle car trailing cable. • He was attempting to make an electrical repair on the shuttle car when he used a cable cutter tool to cut into an energized lead.

  20. Fatal #10 Alabama • May 22, 2008 (Thursday) • Powered Haulage - UG • Age 64 • Locomotive Operator • 25 years experience

  21. Fatal #10 Alabama • The victim was pinned between his motor and a longwall shearer being transported on a rail type carrier. • The victim, three other operators, and a foreman were transporting the longwall shearer body to a longwall setup section when the carrier derailed as it was moving upgrade. • The victim dismounted the #3 motor to assist in rerailing the carrier. • He was between the motor and the carrier when the motor(s) slid or rolled back, crushing him between the shearer body and locomotive.

  22. Fatal #11 West Virginia • May 30, 2008 (Friday) • Power Haulage - UG • Age 18 • General Inside Laborer • 4 weeks experience

  23. Fatal #11 West Virginia • The victim was struck by a battery powered scoop. • He was assisting two other miners repair a haul road. • The scoop operator had just changed out the scoop batteries and picked up a load of gravel. • The victim was traveling on foot and was being followed by the scoop and a diesel road grader. • While in route, the scoop operator inadvertently struck the victim causing fatal injuries.

  24. Fatal #12 Indiana • June 3, 2008 (Tuesday) • Fall of Roof/Back • Age 25 • Roof Bolting Machine Operator • 2 years experience

  25. Fatal #12 Indiana • A rock fell from beyond permanent support and cantilevered outby striking the bolter operator and pinning him between the foot cylinder of the pressurized ATRS.

  26. Fatal #13 Kentucky • June 3, 2008 (Tuesday) • Machinery • Age 33 • Contract Tree Cutter • 10 years experience

  27. Fatal #13 Kentucky • The victim was cutting trees in advance of a surface mining operation. • He made a notch cut on a 24" diameter tree and was in the process of completing the back cut when the tree slabbed from the stump, then fell on the victim. • The tree contained a hollow center which promoted the slabbing.

  28. Fatal #14 West Virginia • June 5, 2008 (Thursday) • Powered Haulage – UG • Age 56 • Lead Motorman • 34 years experience

  29. Fatal #14 West Virginia • The victim was transporting supplies on two mine rail cars. • The tail motorman, traveling behind the trip discovered the victim between the clearance side of the track and the mine rib along the haulage. • The victim's locomotive continued traveling inby and derailed approximately 1,400 feet from the location of the victim. • The track haulage was down grade in the area where the accident occurred.

  30. Fatal #15 Pennsylvania • June 16, 2008 (Monday) • Fall of Roof/Back – UG • Age 45 • Roof Bolter/Assistant Foreman • 9 years experience

  31. Fatal #15 Pennsylvania • The victim was located along a coal rib near the operator's compartment of a continuous mining machine when the roof fall occurred. • The roof fall was approximately • 30 feet wide, • 20 feet long, and • ranged from 4 inches to 4 feet thick.

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