Coal Mine Safety and Health Report of Investigation: Surface Mine. Fatal Machinery Accident, September 19, 2008, Battlecreek Corporation, dba Battlecreek-Tri-Mountain Corporation (R542), Summersville, West Virginia at Alex Energy Incorporated No. 1 Surface Mine, Drennen, Nicholas County, WV, ID No. 46-06870

摘要

On Friday, September 19, 2008, at approximately 3:20 p.m., a 61 year old bulldozer operator with 40 years of mining experience received multiple injuries when he failed to maintain control of the bulldozer he was operating at a reclamation site. The bulldozer rolled over four (4) times coming to rest on its top. The victim died on October 4, 2008, from blunt force injuries sustained in the accident. The accident occurred as the result of the bulldozer operator failing to maintain control of the Caterpillar D6R II bulldozer on steep terrain consisting of loose dirt and rocks and a solid rock outcrop.