FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Name: FALL OF ROOF OR BACK at Peabody Midwest Mining, LLC
Start: 10/30/2007

220073120012 · 10/30/2007 · Peabody Midwest Mining, LLC

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Accident type: Struck by falling object
Occupation: Roof bolter, Rock bolter, Pinner, Mobile roof support operator (MRS)
Activity: Roof bolter, NEC
Injury source: CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part: LOWER LEG/TIBIA/FIBULA
Days lost: 55
Mine experience: 1.54 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Peabody Energy Corporation
Operator: Peabody Midwest Mining, LLC
Mine: 1202010

Narrative

Employee received a fracture to the fibula bone in his left leg when he was struck by a falling rock while standing near a roof bolter canopy. A rock fell from the brow of a freshly cut crosscut, glanced off the bolter canopy and struck him on his left leg causing the fracture.

Source

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