FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Name: FALL OF ROOF OR BACK at Peabody Midwest Mining, LLC
Start: 06/25/2002

220021830114 · 06/25/2002 · 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: Electrician, Lineman
Activity: Electrical maintenance
Injury source: CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part: BACK (MUSCLES/SPINE/S-CORD/TAILBONE)
Days lost: 52
Mine experience: 8.67 years

Operator

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

Narrative

EE WAS REMOVING THE BOLTS FROM THE MAIN PANEL ON#18 COAL HAULER AT THE TIME OF THIS INCIDENT. A ROCK MEASURING APPROX. 3'X 18'X 4' FELL FROM THEROOF STRIKING EE ON THE TOP OF HIS HEAD AND THEN MIDDLE OF HIS BACK. THIS INCIDENT CAUSED A POSSIBLE COMPRESSION FRACTURE OF A VETEBRAE IN THE THORACIC REGION OF HIS BACK.

Source

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