FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL

Name: FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL at White County Coal, LLC
Start: 01/26/2000

Fatal · 220000350001 · 01/26/2000 · White County Coal, LLC

Details

Degree of injury: FATALITY
Classification: FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Accident type: Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation: Roof bolter, Rock bolter, Pinner, Mobile roof support operator (MRS)
Activity: Roof bolter, NEC
Injury source: CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury: CRUSHING
Body part: MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Days lost: —
Mine experience: 2.36 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Alliance Resource Partners LP
Operator: White County Coal, LLC
Mine: 1102662

Narrative

THE MINER WAS CUT 6 LEFT, WENT TO FACE, 6 LEFT FELL IN. THE MINER RAMPED UP ROCK. DOUBLE BOOM PUT UP 5 ROWS OF PINS. ROOF BOLTER WAS BACKING OUT, ONE MAN WALKED TO SIDE CONTROLS, THE OTHER MAN STOOD BESIDE THE BOLTER. RIB ROLLED OUT 7 1/2' X 24"" X 22"" IN SIZE. PINNING INJURED AGAINST THE BOLTER.

Source

Authoritative: MSHA Open Government Data
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown