FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Name: FALL OF ROOF OR BACK at Peabody Midwest Mining, LLC
Start: 04/28/2000

220002490196 · 04/28/2000 · Peabody Midwest Mining, LLC

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Accident type: Struck by falling object
Occupation: Roof bolter, Rock bolter, Pinner, Mobile roof support operator (MRS)
Activity: Roof bolter, Inserting bolt
Injury source: CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury: MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part: LEG, MULTIPLE PARTS
Days lost: 44
Mine experience: 6.82 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Peabody Energy Corporation
Operator: Peabody Midwest Mining, LLC
Mine: 1202010

Narrative

HE WAS ROOF BOLTING AT TIME OF INCIDENT, IN THE PROCESS OF INSTALLING INSIDE BOLT ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF BOLTER. AT THIS TIME, A ROCK 8'X8'X8"" THICK FELL INBY THE ATRS AND CANTILEVERED 3' OUTBY THE ATRS. HE TOOK OFF RUNNING & THE ROCK STRUCK HIM ON THE BACK OF BOTH LEGS. IT STRUCK HIS RIGHT HEEL, THE BACK OF HIS LEFT LEG AT ABOUT THE TOP OF HIS BOOT, CAUSING HIS KNEE TO JERK FORWA

Source

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