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• Especially when operating machinery, workers should always be attentive to changes in ground conditions and visibility.



• All personnel, who operate mobile equipment, should be instructed to wear their seatbelts, where required, at all times when the equipment is in motion.



• Workers and mine management should always be alert to changing weather conditions and insure that proper examinations are made after every rain, freeze or thaw, prior to entering specified work areas.

	Submit your own suggestion for a remedy to prevent this type of accident in the future. Please specify if you wish your submission to be anonymous or whether your name may be used. Please include the year of the fatality and the fatality number.

This is the 42^nd fatal accident in the coal mining industry reported in calendar year 2001. As of this date in 2000, there were 36 fatalities reported in the coal mining industry. This is the fourth fatal accident classified as a machinery accident in the coal mining industry in 2001. At this time in 2000, there were ten fatal accidents classified as machinery accidents in the coal mining industry.

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This bulletin is part of the Mine Safety and Health Administration's (MSHA) program to alert the mining industry in a timely manner of a tragic loss of life in the mines. We encourage you to consider the above information as you make safety decisions for or recommendations to your company or constituency. The information provided in this notice is based on preliminary data ONLY and does not represent final determinations regarding the nature of the incident or conclusions regarding the cause of the fatality.

For more information:
MSHA's Fatal Accident Investigation Report