Coal Mine Safety and Health Report of Investigation: Underground Coal Mine Fall of Face Accident, November 4, 2013, MC No. 1 Mine, M-Class Mining, LLC, Macedonia, Franklin County, Illinois. I.D. No. 11-03189.

摘要

On November 4, 2013, at approximately 1:50 p.m. (CST), Dallas Travelstead (victim), a Longwall Chief, was fatally injured when shoveling coal and loose rock between the coal face and the longwall panline. The accident occured at the No. 123 shield on the South District 1, Headgate of the No. 2 Longwall. Travelstead received crushing injuries when a solid piece of coal and cap rock fell from the coal face, striking his mid to lower back, pinning him against the working face side of the panline.