• Avoid pinch points between the rib and machinery during tramming operations.


• Ensure everyone is in a safe location when starting and moving the equipment.


• Avoid positioning yourself behind the line curtain while tramming machinery.


• Ensure that persons are beyond the machine's turning radius during remote control tramming.

	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 11^th fatality reported in calendar year 2003 in the coal mining industry. As of the accident date in 2002, there were 10 fatalities reported in the coal mining industry. This is the 1^st fatality classified Machinery in 2003. At this time in 2002, there was one fatality classified as Machinery.

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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