Fatality at LCT Energy’s Maple Springs Mine, Pennsylvania
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A mining company employee was crushed to death in an accident involving a shuttle car in a western Pennsylvania mine, authorities said.
LCT Energy said in a statement that the man became trapped between the car and an interior wall of the company’s Maple Springs Mine near Hollsopple on Monday.
The company said the work crew underground at the time included four miners who were licensed emergency medical technicians. They assessed his condition and led the effort to get him to the surface, where he was pronounced dead at the scene.
The Somerset County coroner, Cullen Swank, identified the man as 37-year-old Brandon Frederick and said he sustained multiple blunt force injuries. The death was ruled accidental.
“The entire LCT family is deeply saddened by this terrible accident and our thoughts and prayers are with the family members and friends most affected by this tragedy,” LCT Energy said in a statement.
The state Department of Environmental Protection has ordered the operators of the Conemaugh Township mine to temporarily cease operations in the affected section. The department said inspectors are interviewing mine personnel and beginning the underground portion of their investigation to determine whether corrective actions are needed.
The department said it and the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration are conducting “separate but coordinated investigations.”
Source: Fox News
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