FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Name: FALL OF ROOF OR BACK at Peabody Coal Company
Start: 08/17/2000

220002410164 · 08/17/2000 · Peabody Coal Company

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Accident type: Struck by falling object
Occupation: Continuous miner operator, Coal mole operator
Activity: Continuous miner
Injury source: CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part: ANKLE
Days lost: 78
Mine experience: 21 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Peabody Energy Corporation
Operator: Peabody Coal Company
Mine: 1508357

Narrative

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING THE MINER ON THE NO. 1 UNIT, FACE OF THE NO. 1 ENTRY, AT THE END OF THE LINE CURTAIN WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN THE PINS AND STRUCK HIM ON THE LEFT ARM AND L EG AND CAUGHT HIS LEFT ANKLE. THIS RESULTED IN AFRACTURE TO HIS LEFT ANKLE.

Source

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