At approximately 11:00 a.m. on Monday, February 25, 2008, Bruce E. Makin, a 50-year old contract surveyor with 7 years 5 months of mining experience and 19 weeks as a surveyor, was fatally injured in a powered haulage accident. The accident occurred as the victim was locating a survey spad just outby a run-through check curtain at Amfire Mining Company's Nolo Mine. A shuttle car hauling coal from the face traveled through the check curtain and struck and ran over the victim while hauling coal to the belt feeder. The victim was discovered by the shuttle car operator while tramming the shuttle car back to the face area.
Coal Mine Safety and Health Report of Investigation: Underground Coal Mine, Fatal Powered Haulage Accident, February 25, 2008, CME Engineering LP (L814) Latrobe, Pennsylvania at Nolo Mine, AMFIRE Mining Company LLC, Nolo, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, MSHA ID 36-08850
2008
11 pages
Report
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English
Public Health & Industrial Medicine , Environmental Health & Safety , Mineral Industries , Environmental & Occupational Factors , Accident investigations , Coal mining , Fatalities , Enforcement actions , Work site , Physical conditions , Cause analysis , Accidents , Occupational safety and health , Nolo Mine AMFIRE Mining Company LLC , Underground coal mines , Haulage equipment , Indiana County (Pennsylvania)