← MSHA accidents

SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

220070670043 · 02/14/2007 · Highland Mining Company LLC

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Accident type
Over-exertion NEC
Occupation
Utility man, Errand boy, Service truck operator
Activity
Move power cable
Injury source
MINE FLOOR,BOTTOM,FOOTWAL
Nature of injury
SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
Body part
CHEST (RIBS/BREAST BONE/CHEST ORGNS)
Days lost
51
Mine experience
1.27 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Peabody Energy Corporation
Operator
Highland Mining Company LLC
Mine
1502709

Narrative

EE & co-workers were moving section power. His assignment was to move up the FCT power cable. This task required pulling the slack along the belt entry then extending this cable across the low structure belt. When pulling the cable along the entry, he stumbled over a rock, twisted body & experienced pain to low back region. Continued to work until 2/27/07 & began missing work.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
JSON-LD · Markdown