FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL

Name: FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL at Martin County Coal Corp
Start: 05/24/2000

Fatal · 220001570001 · 05/24/2000 · Martin County Coal Corp

Details

Degree of injury: FATALITY
Classification: FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Accident type: Struck by falling object
Occupation: Front-end loader, Scraper-loader operator, Pan operator, Payloader, Scraper rig operator
Activity: Front-end loader
Injury source: CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury: CRUSHING
Body part: MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Days lost: —
Mine experience: 4.53 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Massey Energy Company
Operator: Martin County Coal Corp
Mine: 1511005

Narrative

THE DECEASED WAS OPERATING A FRONT END LOADER MOVING COAL FROM A STACKER CONVEYER BELT WHEN A PORTION OF HIGHWALL FAILED AND STRUCK THE LOADER. ONLY A FEW SECONDS OF WARNING WAS GIVEN PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. THE PORTION OF HIGHWALL THAT FELL MEASURED APPROX 160 FT LONG BY UP TO 60 FT HIGH AND THE THICKNESS RANGED FROM FEATHEREDGED TO 10 FT.

Source

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