FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Name: FALL OF ROOF OR BACK at Big Ridge Inc
Start: 12/16/2007

220073530024 · 12/16/2007 · Big Ridge Inc

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: Handling supplies or material
Injury source: CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part: SHOULDERS (COLLARBONE/CLAVICLE/SCAPULA)
Days lost: 50
Mine experience: 2.5 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Peabody Energy Corporation
Operator: Big Ridge Inc
Mine: 1103054

Narrative

Employee was a roofbolter and had finished bolting a place. They backed the machine up shut it off and the injured bent over and started cleaning his dust box out. A rock fell from betwqeen the bolts and hit him on the back of the head and Shoulder.

Source

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