The United States Mining Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) reports that a 38-year-old front loader operator with 10 years of mining experience was fatally injured when he was crushed between a metal support pole on a high-wall mining machine and a beam of mobile thrust. The accident happened on March …

The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) recently conducted an investigation into a fatal accident at the Blue Knob surface mine in Greenbrier County, West Virginia. On Thursday, March 7, a 38-year-old front-end loader operator, Adam P. DeBoard, was fatally crushed between a metal support post on a high-sided mining …