Coal Mine Safety and Health Amended Report of Investigation: Underground Coal Mine Fatal Fall of Roof Accident January 13, 2007, Cucumber Mine, Brooks Run Mining Company, LLC, Cucumber, McDowell County, West Virginia, MSHA I.D. No. 46-09066

摘要

At approximately 10:40 a.m. on Saturday, January 13, 2007, 48-year-old James David Thomas and 33-year-old Pete Poindexter, mobile roof support (MRS) machine operators, were fatally injured when a portion of the mine roof collapsed, pinning both individuals. Thomas and Poindexter had 12 years and 2.5 years of mining experience respectively. Thomas and Poindexter were repositioning MRS machines after the completion of the third lift in the No. 3 entry while performing retreat mining on the North Section. The slicken-sided portion of the mine roof that collapsed measured approximately 8 feet in width by 9 feet in length and was up to 18 inches thick.