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HANDLING OF MATERIALS

220100250027 · 01/13/2010 · Ohio County Coal Company LLC

Details

Degree of injury
DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT
Classification
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type
Struck by falling object
Occupation
Discontinued 1/31/2014. Several other codes cover Scoop Car Operator
Activity
Crawling, Kneeling
Injury source
MINE HEADFRAME
Nature of injury
FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part
NOSE/NASAL PASSAGES/SINUS/SMELL
Days lost
41
Mine experience
9.77 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Patriot Coal Corporation
Operator
Ohio County Coal Company LLC
Mine
1517587

Narrative

EE and two other employees were setting a new belt header. Header frame was sitting on a duck bill of a scoop. Employees were attempting to level the header frame when EE crawled under the boom. The header suddenly tipped forward and struck EE.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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