Fatality #14 - November 10, 2014

Accident Classification: Fall of Roof or Back

Location: Crawdad No 1 Mine, West Virginia

Mine Controller: Kristopher C Lilly

Mine Type: Underground

Mined Material: Coal (Bituminous)

Incident Date/Time: November 10, 2014 09:35 pm

PUBLIC NOTICE

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:

Jan Lyall, Lead Accident Investigator

Phone: 304-225-6816

PRELIMINARY REPORT

At approximately, 09:35 p.m., on Monday, November 10, 2014, Raymond Savage, a 49 year old Section Foreman was fatally injured when he was struck by a large rock that fell from the roof. The victim was operating a roof bolter on the 2 North Section (002-0 MMU) in the No. 2 Entry at the time of the accident. The rock measured approximately 5 feet long by 3 feet wide, and was 13 inches at its thickest point. It fell inby the last row of support between the ATRS and the left rib. The victim was transported by EMS to Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown. West Virginia where he was pronounce dead at 11:32 p.m. by the attending physician.

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FATALITY ALERT

COAL MINE FATALITY – On Monday, November 10, 2014, at approximately 9:35 p.m., a 49-year-old section foreman with 27 years of mining experience was killed when he was struck by a large rock that measured 5 feet by 3 feet by 13 inches thick. The victim was operating the roof bolting machine on the 2 North section in the No. 2 entry at the time of the accident. The rock fell inby the last full row of permanent roof supports and between the automated temporary roof support (ATRS) and the left rib.