FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Name: FALL OF ROOF OR BACK at Peabody Midwest Mining, LLC
Start: 09/30/2007

220072820070 · 09/30/2007 · Peabody Midwest Mining, LLC

Details

Degree of injury: NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification: FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Accident type: Struck by falling object
Occupation: Bull gang foreman, Labor foreman, Leadman, Section foreman, Shift boss
Activity: Timbering, Build cribs
Injury source: CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury: CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part: MOUTH/LIP/TEETH/TONGUE/THROAT/TASTE
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 10.23 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Peabody Energy Corporation
Operator: Peabody Midwest Mining, LLC
Mine: 1103060

Narrative

The injured was holding an 11' timber while another employee was getting ready to place the wedges to secure it. A piece of roof rock fell striking the injured across his forearms, and a piece struck him in the mouth causing a laceration to his upper lip that required 6 sutures to close.

Source

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