FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL

Name: FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL at Thunder Basin Coal Company LLC
Start: 01/22/2002

220020320007 · 01/22/2002 · Thunder Basin Coal Company LLC

Details

Degree of injury: PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY
Classification: FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Accident type: Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings
Occupation: Bulldozer operator, Universal operator, Heavy equipment operator, Operating engineer
Activity: Surface equipment, NEC
Injury source: SURFACE MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury: CRUSHING
Body part: TRUNK, MULTIPLE PARTS
Days lost: —
Mine experience: 6.57 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Ashland Inc
Operator: Thunder Basin Coal Company LLC
Mine: 4800977

Narrative

A HIGHWALL SLOUGHED SENDING ROCKS TO THE CENTER OF THE BOXCUT. EE WAS LEAVING THE AREA IN THE CABLE TRUCK(TERRAGATOR) AND A ROCK HIT SQUARELY ON TOP OF THE DRIVERS COMPARTMENT. THE TERRAGATO R WAS EQUIPPED WITH ROPS BUT NOT FOPS SO THE ROOF GAVE WAY AND HE WAS PINNED IN THE SEAT BY THE ROCK. HE SUFFERED MULTIPLE INJURIES INCLUDING A CRUSHED T9 VERTEBRA,BROKEN SHOULDER & LUNGS.

Source

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