Coal Mine Safety and Health Report of Investigation: Underground Coal Mine Fatal Machinery Accident, February 13, 2013, Prairie Eagle South Underground Mine, Knight Hawk Coal LLC, Cutler, Perry County, Illinois. ID No. 11-03205.

摘要

On Wednesday, February 13, 2013, Timothy Chamness (victim), a 28-year-old continuous mining machine operator, was fatally injured when he was pinned between the tail of the remote controlled continuous mining machine and the coal rib on MMU 001-0, located on the 3rd North section of the Main West entries. While repositioning the continuous mining machine to mine the final cut on the left side of the entry, the victim was pinned between the conveyor boom of the machine and the coal rib on the right side of the entry.