A preliminary report from federal mine safety regulators shows how a southern West Virginia miner received a fatal injury earlier this month.
Ashley Cogar, a 34-year-old truck driver, was struck by the bucket of a front-end loader on July 12 while walking to a truck.
Cogar later died of her injuries, according to a preliminary report from the Mine Safety and Health Administration.
Cogar had been working at the Wyco Surface Mine in Wyoming County for 17 days at the time she was injured, the report says.
Her death is the second of a coal miner on the job in West Virginia this year.
Accidents involving powered mining machinery are a leading cause of serious and fatal injuries among coal miners, according to MSHA.
In May, another miner was killed in Wyoming County when the excavator he was operating fell over a highwall.