Fatality #5 - February 25, 2008
COAL MINE FATALITY - On Monday, February 25, 2008, a 50-year old surveyor (contractor) with 8 years of total experience was fatally injured while surveying in an active underground continuous mining machine section. The victim was struck by a loaded shuttle car as it traveled through a run-through check curtain.
UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
COAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH
REPORT OF INVESTIGATION
Underground Coal Mine
Fatal Powered Haulage Accident
February 25, 2008
CME Engineering LP (L814)
Latrobe, Pennsylvania
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