HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Peabody Coal Company
Start: 10/21/2001

220013020074 · 10/21/2001 · Peabody Coal Company

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Over-exertion in lifting objects
Occupation: Roof bolter, Rock bolter, Pinner, Mobile roof support operator (MRS)
Activity: Handling supplies or material
Injury source: POST,CAPS,HEADERS,TIMBER
Nature of injury: SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
Body part: BACK (MUSCLES/SPINE/S-CORD/TAILBONE)
Days lost: 49
Mine experience: 14.96 years

Operator

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

Narrative

EMPLOYEE REPORTED: PERFORMING THE JOB OF MINE EXAMINER, WHEN TRAVELING ALONG THE MINE TRAVELWAY, HE OBSERVED A TIMBER LAYING ON THE MINE FLOOR, HE STOPPED HIS RIDE, UNBOARDED AND ATTEMPTED TO LIFT AND MOVE THE TIMBER, WHEN LIFTING THE TIMBER EXPERIENCED PAIN TO HIS BACK. PAIN WORSENED DURING HIS SHIFT.

Source

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