SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Name: SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON at Peabody Midwest Mining, LLC
Start: 12/17/2001

220020070017 · 12/17/2001 · Peabody Midwest Mining, LLC

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Accident type: Fall from machine
Occupation: Bulldozer operator, Universal operator, Heavy equipment operator, Operating engineer
Activity: Getting on or off equipment
Injury source: SURFACE MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury: SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
Body part: KNEE/PATELLA
Days lost: 11
Mine experience: 3.9 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Peabody Energy Corporation
Operator: Peabody Midwest Mining, LLC
Mine: 1202147

Narrative

AS EE WAS DISMOUNTING FROM THE DOZER IN THE RAIN. HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON THE TRACKS CAUSING HIM TO FALL. HIS LEFT LEG BECAME LODGED BETWEEN THE TRACK-RAIL AND THE BLADE PUSHARM. HIS MOMENTUM CARR IED HIM OVER THE ISDE OF THE PUSHARM. HIS LEG SUPPORTED HIS WEIGHT, BREAKING THE FALL BUT CAUSED THE KNEE TO BE TWISTED, CAUSING THE INJURY. HE WAS TAKEN TO EE. S FAMILY.

Source

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