Friday, January 07, 2011
MSHA Says Installation Errors Caused Miner's Death
WEST VIRGINIA....
The federal Mine Safety and Health Administration released a report Friday that concluded the death of 60 year old Wilbert Starcher, who was killed in White Buck Coal Company's Pocahontas Mine in Greenbrier County last July, was caused by a lack of communication and improper equipment installation on a shuttle car. MSHA investigators say Starcher was killed when the driver of a shuttle car had his vision blocked by a sideboard that was not installed correctly, and he could not see Starcher because a piece of metal obscured his vision. Starcher, an electrician in the mine, was dragged beneath the car after being hit. The report also says Starcher and the shuttle car operator did not communicate effectively.
The federal Mine Safety and Health Administration released a report Friday that concluded the death of 60 year old Wilbert Starcher, who was killed in White Buck Coal Company's Pocahontas Mine in Greenbrier County last July, was caused by a lack of communication and improper equipment installation on a shuttle car. MSHA investigators say Starcher was killed when the driver of a shuttle car had his vision blocked by a sideboard that was not installed correctly, and he could not see Starcher because a piece of metal obscured his vision. Starcher, an electrician in the mine, was dragged beneath the car after being hit. The report also says Starcher and the shuttle car operator did not communicate effectively.# posted by Homer Owens @ 10:15 PM 
