MACHINERY

Name: MACHINERY at Peabody Western Coal Company
Start: 06/06/2011

220111670010 · 06/06/2011 · Peabody Western Coal Company

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: MACHINERY
Accident type: Struck against a moving object
Occupation: Bulldozer operator, Universal operator, Heavy equipment operator, Operating engineer
Activity: Bulldozer
Injury source: SURFACE MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part: LEG, NEC
Days lost: 18
Mine experience: 32.73 years

Operator

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

Narrative

The dozer left the work area and traveled along the edge of the highwall and came to a stop. When the dozer went into reverse, the ground underneath the left track gave way causing the dozer to fall off the highwall. The dozer landed in upright position at the base of the highwall.

Source

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