FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Name: FALL OF ROOF OR BACK at Peabody Midwest Mining, LLC
Start: 10/15/2008

220082950004 · 10/15/2008 · Peabody Midwest Mining, LLC

Details

Degree of injury: NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification: FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Accident type: Struck by falling object
Occupation: Roof bolter, Rock bolter, Pinner, Mobile roof support operator (MRS)
Activity: Walking, Running
Injury source: CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury: CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part: WRIST
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 3.02 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Peabody Energy Corporation
Operator: Peabody Midwest Mining, LLC
Mine: 1102408

Narrative

Employee had just finished installing a roof bolt and walked back to the control levers to drop the canopy, when a rock fell out between roof bolts and struck him on top of his left wrist, causing an approximate 2 inch laceration. The rock that struck him was approximately 0 to 1/2 inches thick and 18 inches x 18 inches. Five sutures were required to close the laceration.

Source

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