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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:
Larry Hedrick , Lead Accident Investigator
Phone: 304-541-7063 or 304-877-3900
The victim was examining the Horse Creek Eagle conveyor belts. It appears he fell onto the No. 1 conveyor belt at the N0. 2 to No.1 conveyor belt transfer point. The victim was conveyed through the belt transfer system from the Horse Creek Eagle mine to the raw coal stock pile located at Marfork processing. The victim received fatal injuries.
COAL MINE FATALITY - On Monday, October 23, 2017, a 48-year-old mine examiner with 19 years of mining experience, received fatal injuries after he fell on the No. 1 conveyor belt near the transfer point with the No. 2 conveyor belt and was transported by the belt conveyor system to the raw coal pile. It appears he was attempting to cross the No. 1 conveyor belt at the time of the accident.
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
October 23, 2017
Marfork Coal Company, LLC
Horse Creek Eagle Mine
Whitesville, Raleigh County, WV
I.D. No. 46-09091
