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This posting serves to provide a public notice to employees of the mine, employees of the mining company(s), employees of independent contractors with any connection to the mine, persons with any connection to the mine, and any person with information regarding the cause or contributing factors of this accident.
Please provide any information to:
Tom Barrington, Lead Accident Investigator
Phone: 435-630-6620
On Tuesday, September 16, 2014, at approximately 1:39 a.m., a miner was fatally injured when the Wagner ST-2D mobile diesel can-setter he was operating articulated, crushing him. The accident occurred at the entrance to the 23rd East Longwall section. There were no witnesses to the accident.
COAL MINE FATALITY – On Tuesday, September 16, 2014, a mobile equipment operator, with 10 years of mining experience, was killed while operating a mobile diesel can–setter. He was stock piling pallets to prepare for the extraction of a longwall when he was crushed in the articulation area of the can-setter.
UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
Coal Mine Safety and Health
REPORT OF INVESTIGATION
Underground Mine
Fatal Powered Haulage Accident
September 16, 2014
West Ridge Mine
West Ridge Resources Inc.
East Carbon, Carbon County, Utah
ID No. 42-02233
Accident Investigators
Thomas E. Barrington
Coal Mine Safety and Health Inspector
