FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Name: FALL OF ROOF OR BACK at Peabody Midwest Mining, LLC
Start: 08/20/2008

220082380036 · 08/20/2008 · 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, Inserting bolt
Injury source: CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part: FOOT(NOT ANKLE/TOE)/TARSUS/METATARSUS
Days lost: 45
Mine experience: 1.85 years

Operator

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

Narrative

Injured was roof bolting in entry #6, on unit #3, inby crosscut #21 when this incident occurred. He was bolting when the unbolted cut started to work and rocks started to fall. As he moved away from the bolting machine from under the bolter canopy a rock fell in front of him and landed on its end on top of his right foot, fracturing three metatarsal bones in the process.

Source

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