Coal Mine Safety and Health Report of Investigation: Underground Coal Mine. Fall of Face, Rib, Pillar, or Highwall, October 20, 2006, Whitetail Kittanning Mine, Kingwood Mining Company LLC, Fellowsville, Preston County, West Virginia, ID No. 46-08751

摘要

On October 20, 2006, at approximately 2:20 p.m., Thomas Channell, a 49 year old continuous mining machine operator, was fatally injured when he was struck by a rib roll and pinned against a shuttle car. The accident occurred as the victim was using the remotely controlled continuous miner to clean up the second cut in the number 40 crosscut between the number 5 and 6 entries on the East Section. The fallen coal-rock rib measured approximately 8 1/2 feet long, 4 feet high and 4 feet thick. The height in the area of the accident is approximately 102 inches from the mine floor to the existing mine roof.