MACHINERY

Name: MACHINERY at Peabody Western Coal Company
Start: 08/08/2008

220082310034 · 08/08/2008 · Peabody Western Coal Company

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: MACHINERY
Accident type: Struck against a moving object
Occupation: Front-end loader, Scraper-loader operator, Pan operator, Payloader, Scraper rig operator
Activity: Scraper, Pan scraper
Injury source: SURFACE MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part: BACK (MUSCLES/SPINE/S-CORD/TAILBONE)
Days lost: 110
Mine experience: 7.79 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Peabody Energy Corporation
Operator: Peabody Western Coal Company
Mine: 0201195

Narrative

A pair of scrapers were excavating top soil using (push-pull) method. The rear scraper rode up onto the front scraper's stringer area, when the front scraper hit a soft a soft pocket of material; jarring the rear scraper operator. He was jarred again as he was trying to remove the bale from the front scraper's hook. He felt pain to his back.

Source

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