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At around 1:40 p.m., on Thursday, October 24, 1996, a machinery accident happenedat Island Creek Coal Companyþs Ohio 11 mine.
Danny Wesmoland, preparation plant foreman, was installing a connector link in the shuttle belt conveyor drive sprocket chain and the conveyor drive motor accidentally started. The victim was fatally injured when he was pulled through an opening in the metal framework of the conveyor drive. The fatality occurred because Wesmoland didn't remove the power at the disconnecting device to prevent movement of the conveyor drive before removing the guards from around the drive sprocket and roller and beginning work.