MACHINERY

Name: MACHINERY at Canyon Fuel Company LLC
Start: 01/03/2004

Fatal · 220040070001 · 01/03/2004 · Canyon Fuel Company LLC

Details

Degree of injury: FATALITY
Classification: MACHINERY
Accident type: Struck by... NEC
Occupation: Longwall operator, Chock operator, Shear operator, Plow operator
Activity: Move non-self-propelled equip
Injury source: METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
Nature of injury: CONCUSSION-BRAIN,CEREBRAL
Body part: BRAIN
Days lost: —
Mine experience: 26.19 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Arch Resources Inc
Operator: Canyon Fuel Company LLC
Mine: 4200089

Narrative

VICTIM WAS HELPING MOVE AN IRON-BOUND SHIELD ON THE 3LPE LONGWALL FACE. CHAIN SLINGS WERE CONFIGURED TO ATTACH THE IRON BOUND SHIELD TO THE CONVEYER. THE VICTIM GOT ONTO THE IRON-BOUND SHIELD AND ATTEMPTED TO OPERATE A FUNCTION. AS PRESSUREWAS APPLIED, A HOOK ON THE CHAIN ASSEMBLY FAILED, AND THE CHAIN SLING ASSEMBLY HIT THE VICTIM. MASSIVE HEAD TRAUMA AND FRACTURED NECK.

Source

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