On Friday February 17, 2006, at approximately 9:30 pm, Willard J. Miller, a 35-year old roof bolting machine operator with five years mining experience, was fatally injured while operating a diesel-powered locomotive during a longwall move. The locomotive he was operating struck a parked lowboy rail car that was loaded with a longwall shield. The victim was crushed between the locomotive control panel and the tip of the longwall shield, which projected past the end of the lowboy. The direct cause of the accident was the method in which the longwall shield was carried on the low-boy, which permitted the load to extend beyond the limits of the car and into the roadway where it could be contacted by other vehicles.


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    Title :

    Coal Mine Safety and Health Report of Investigation: Underground Coal Mine. Fatal Powered Haulage Accident, February 17, 2006, Mettiki Mine, Mettiki Coal LLC, Oakland, Garrett County, Maryland, ID No. 18-00621


    Publication date :

    2006


    Size :

    14 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English