FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL

Name: FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL at Peabody Midwest Mining, LLC
Start: 06/09/2008

220081690003 · 06/09/2008 · Peabody Midwest Mining, LLC

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Accident type: Struck by falling object
Occupation: Roof bolter, Rock bolter, Pinner, Mobile roof support operator (MRS)
Activity: Bar down, Includes scaling
Injury source: CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part: LOWER LEG/TIBIA/FIBULA
Days lost: 187
Mine experience: 0.69 years

Operator

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

Narrative

A roof bolter operator was in the process of prying down a loose rib at the time of the incident. When he pryed the loose rib down, a piece of rock above the coal fell from the rib, striking him on the right leg and knocked him to the mine floor. Fractured his leg below the knee.

Source

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