MACHINERY

Name: MACHINERY at Eighty Four Mining Company
Start: 03/27/2004

220040960021 · 03/27/2004 · Eighty Four Mining Company

Details

Degree of injury: DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT
Classification: MACHINERY
Accident type: Struck by flying object
Occupation: Longwall operator, Chock operator, Shear operator, Plow operator
Activity: Longwall, Shear, Plow
Injury source: BROKEN ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part: LEG, NEC
Days lost: 92
Mine experience: 7 years

Operator

Controller (parent): CONSOL Energy Inc
Operator: Eighty Four Mining Company
Mine: 3600958

Narrative

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING TAILGATE DRUM OF THE SHEARER AND WAS MINING TOWARD THE TAIL. AS THE DRUM PASSED THROUGH AN AREA WHERE THE ROOF HAD PREVIOUSLY FALLEN 12' TO 14' HIGH, A PIECE OF ROCK WAS PICKED UP BY THE DRUM AND WAS THROWN INTO THE WALKWAY, STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT LEG.

Source

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