FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL

Name: FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL at Thunder Basin Coal Company LLC
Start: 02/20/2002

Fatal · 220020560160 · 02/20/2002 · Thunder Basin Coal Company LLC

Details

Degree of injury: FATALITY
Classification: FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Accident type: Struck by falling object
Occupation: Bulldozer operator, Universal operator, Heavy equipment operator, Operating engineer
Activity: Bulldozer
Injury source: CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury: MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part: MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Days lost: —
Mine experience: 19.57 years

Operator

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

Narrative

EE WAS CLEANING UP AROUND THE 8 SHOVEL. EYEWITNESS SAYS ""A LARGE ROCK CAME DOWN AND HIT THE 86 DIRECTLY ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROPS...SMASHING THE CAB."" EE WAS KILLED INSTANTANEOUSLY BY THE IMPACT ACCORDING TO THE DEPUTY CORONER.

Source

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