On Monday, May 16, 2016, at approximately 4:00 a.m., Eric Meddings, a 50-year-old motorman with over 14 years of mining experience, was fatally injured when the railmounted diesel locomotive he was operating, coupled to six drop-deck rail cars, crashed through a closed airlock door near the slope bottom. No persons witnessed the accident and there was a lack of conclusive evidence to determine why Meddings traveled through the closed airlock door.
Coal Mine Safety and Health Report of Investigation: Underground Coal Mine Fatal Powered Haulage Accident, May 16, 2016, Leer Mine, ACI Tygart Valley, Grafton, Taylor County, West Virginia. I.D. No. 46-09192
2016
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Report
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Mineral Industries , Mining & Mineral Industries , Public Health & Industrial Medicine , Railroad Transportation , Accident investigation , Underground mining , Fatalities , Accident analysis , Accident causes , Occupational safety and health , Mine safety , Hauling equipment , Mining machinery , Airlock doors , Rail-mounted diesel locomotives , Drop-deck rail cars , No. 5 locomotive , Leer Mine (West Virginia)