FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL

Name: FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL at Independence Coal Company Inc
Start: 11/18/2002

220023300040 · 11/18/2002 · Independence Coal Company Inc

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Accident type: Struck by falling object
Occupation: Scoop car/Scooptram operator, Load/Haul/Dump (LHD) operator, Teletram operator
Activity: Machine maintenance
Injury source: CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part: LEG, MULTIPLE PARTS
Days lost: 152
Mine experience: 0.01 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Massey Energy Company
Operator: Independence Coal Company Inc
Mine: 4608492

Narrative

INJURED WAS KNELT DOWN ON HIS KNEES WITHH HIS BACK TO THE RIB WORKING ON HYDRAULIC CHAIN SAW WHEN RIB ROLL OCCURRED MEASURING 15"" BY 24"" BY 20'.RIB ROLL STRUCK HIS LOWER LEGS PINNING HIM TO TH E GROUND. THIS SECTION WAS PILLARING AND HE AND CO-WORKER WERE SETTING BREAKER POSTS IN CROSSCUTBETWEEN #7 AND #8 ENTRIES.

Source

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