FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL

Name: FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL at Valley Mining, Inc.
Start: 02/20/2007

220070570043 · 02/20/2007 · Valley Mining, Inc.

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Accident type: Struck by flying object
Occupation: Front-end loader, Scraper-loader operator, Pan operator, Payloader, Scraper rig operator
Activity: Handling supplies or material
Injury source: BROKEN ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury: CONTUSN,BRUISE,INTAC SKIN
Body part: KNEE/PATELLA
Days lost: 4
Mine experience: 5.52 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Mary J Brown
Operator: Valley Mining, Inc.
Mine: 3302763

Narrative

Ice & snow covered highwall, thawing. EE was unpinning auger flite approx 4' from highwall. Big rock fell from highwall, hit auger, rock guard, pipe, split, 1/2 rock hit EE's left leg @ knee area.

Source

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