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FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL

Fatal · 220030580001 · 02/15/2003 · Wabash Mine Holding Company

Details

Degree of injury
FATALITY
Classification
FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation
Roof bolter, Rock bolter, Pinner, Mobile roof support operator (MRS)
Activity
Roof bolter, NEC
Injury source
CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury
CRUSHING
Body part
HEAD,NEC
Days lost
—
Mine experience
27.38 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Rag Aktiengesellschaft
Operator
Wabash Mine Holding Company
Mine
1100877

Narrative

EMPLOYEE WAS RIB BOLTING CORNER IN #7 ENTRY AND NOTICED LOOSE RIB. HE WAS WALKING ALONG SIDE OF ROOF BOLTING MACHINE TO OBTAIN A SCALING BAR WHEN RIB FELL, PINNING HIM AGAINST THE MACHINE.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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