FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL

Name: FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL at Luminant Mining Company LLC
Start: 01/12/2008

Fatal · 220080170020 · 01/12/2008 · Luminant Mining Company LLC

Details

Degree of injury: FATALITY
Classification: FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Accident type: Struck by falling object
Occupation: Coal/ore shovel operator, Shoveler, Power shoveler
Activity: Idle
Injury source: CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury: CRUSHING
Body part: TRUNK, MULTIPLE PARTS
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 22.77 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Energy Future Holdings Corporation
Operator: Luminant Mining Company LLC
Mine: 4102776

Narrative

Employee exited the Hitachi Shovel and placed himself between the shovel and highwall. While on the ground between the shovel and highwall, the highwall sloughed and pinned the employee against the track of the machine resulting in a fatality.

Source

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