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SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

220070870045 · 03/19/2007 · Eastern Associated Coal LLC

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Accident type
Fall to the walkway or working surface
Occupation
Bull gang foreman, Labor foreman, Leadman, Section foreman, Shift boss
Activity
Walking, Running
Injury source
MINE FLOOR,BOTTOM,FOOTWAL
Nature of injury
SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
Body part
ANKLE
Days lost
68
Mine experience
0.08 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Peabody Energy Corporation
Operator
Eastern Associated Coal LLC
Mine
4601456

Narrative

Employee stated that he was walking thru crosscut 2-3 toward a sump to see if the 480v sump pump was working. While doing so he caught the toe of his right foot on a yellow hook rope that was hooked to piece of old curtain laying on the mine floor. He fell straight forward to the mine floor, hyperextending his right ankle.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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