FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL

Name: FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL at Bledsoe Coal Corporation
Start: 01/22/2010

Fatal · 220100280025 · 01/22/2010 · Bledsoe Coal Corporation

Details

Degree of injury: FATALITY
Classification: FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Accident type: Struck by falling object
Occupation: Continuous miner operator, Coal mole operator
Activity: Continuous miner
Injury source: CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury: MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part: TRUNK, MULTIPLE PARTS
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 1.56 years

Operator

Controller (parent): James River Coal Company
Operator: Bledsoe Coal Corporation
Mine: 1519132

Narrative

Injury was cleaning gob in 3 left with continous miner, he started backing out of crosscut when corner of rib rolled off on him receiving a fatal injury to his upper torso. Size of rib striking he was approx. 4'L x 36""W x 16"" thick.

Source

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