Coal Mine Safety and Health Report of Investigation: Surface Mine Facility. Fatal Machinery Accident, July 7, 2006, General Mine Contracting, Inc. (BSI), Henderson, KY. at East Volunteer, Hopkins County Coal, LLC, Madisonville, Hopkins County, KY., ID

摘要

At 8:05 a.m. on Friday, July 7, 2006, a 35-year old Millwright with 3 years of mining experience was fatally injured while operating a JLG Lift, Model E300A. The accident occurred while Edward R. Fitzgerrel, victim, was repositioning the platform of the Lift beneath the second floor of the preparation plant. Fitzgerrel was caught between a metal cable tray and the handrail over the platform control panel resulting in fatal injuries. He was employed by General Mine Contracting, Inc. (GMC), a construction contractor on a new coal preparation plant for Hopkins County Coal (HCC), LLC's East Volunteer. At the time of the accident, the JLG Lift was not being maintained in a safe operating condition. The main telescoping toggle switch located on the platform control panel was defective in that unintentional movement of the main boom telescope function intermittently occurs.