Mine Safety and Health Administration Coal Mine Safety and Health Report of Investigation: Underground Mine, Powered Haulage Fatality, October 27, 2010, River View Mine, River View Coal LLC, Waverly, Union County, Kentucky, ID No. 15-19374.

摘要

On Wednesday, October 27, 2010, at approximately 7:50 a.m., 39-year old James J. Falk (victim), Continuous Mining Machine Helper, was killed when he was struck by a shuttle car being operated on the No. 6 Working Section, MMU No. 014-0. Falk was last seen in the No. 7 Entry between crosscuts No. 37 and No. 38, on the inby side of the ventilation curtain, making repairs to the curtain. Justin Butts, Shuttle Car Operator, was hauling coal from the continuous mining machine to the ratio feeder, when he trammed out of the last open crosscut into the No. 7 entry and struck Falk, while the victim was repairing the curtain. Butts, unaware of the accident, was returning from the ratio feeder, when he discovered Falk in the No. 7 entry, approximately twenty seven feet outby the check curtain. Falk was recovered by mine personnel and transported to the surface.