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FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL

Fatal · 220111810010 · 06/27/2011 · Rhino Eastern LLC

Details

Degree of injury
FATALITY
Classification
FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Accident type
Struck by falling object
Occupation
Bull gang foreman, Labor foreman, Leadman, Section foreman, Shift boss
Activity
Handling supplies or material
Injury source
CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury
MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part
MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Days lost
0
Mine experience
1.08 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Rhino Resource Partners LP
Operator
Rhino Eastern LLC
Mine
4608758

Narrative

Victim was cleaning rocks and coal to set timbers along a rib line. The rib and brow fell crushing the miner. The brow measured approximately 100"" long by 32"" thick, by 37"" tall.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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