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PITTSBURGH The manufacturers and distributers of a bolter miner are facing a suit after a former mine worker was struck and crushed when the machine suddenly moved on its own.
Jerry Michael Baker and Amy Baker, filed a complaint May 21 in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania against Sandvik Inc., Sandvick Mining and Rock Technology and others alleging strict product liability, breach of warranty and negligence.
According to the plaintiff s complaint, Jerry Baker was working as a second shift boss at Consol s Enlow-Fork underground mine on May 22, 2019. The plaintiffs allege that a Sandvik bolter miner boom moved immediately and unexpectedly on its own without any remote-control switch being operated and struck Jerry Baker in the back and pinned him between the boom and rib for 20 to 30 seconds and caused him to briefly lost consciousness.