Indiana Injury Blog

The Indianagazette.com recently reported that a Cambria County coal miner was killed early Friday morning, while working inside Nolo Mine in Buffington Township. Indiana state police believe the miner's death can be attributed to power cables that interfered with the proper use of a feeder, which is designed to load coal on a conveyor belt carrying the coal outside of the mine. Some suspect that the cables fell on the feeder's controls, causing the machine startup movements to unexpectedly swing towards the miner, crushing his body against the wall inside the mine. The man was pronounced dead at the scene with fatal injuries to his abdomen and chest.

Click here to read the report of the incident at Indianagazette.com.