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POWERED HAULAGE

220112140047 · 07/22/2011 · Peabody Midwest Mining, LLC

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type
Struck by falling object
Occupation
Utility man, Errand boy, Service truck operator
Activity
Set or remove brattice
Injury source
BLOCKING
Nature of injury
FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part
LEG, MULTIPLE PARTS
Days lost
234
Mine experience
0.12 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Peabody Energy Corporation
Operator
Peabody Midwest Mining, LLC
Mine
1103156

Narrative

The injured was building a stoppage utilizing 6"" solid blocks between the #5 & #6 entries. A coal haulage operator with a load drove through the curtain & struck the construction. The resultant collision knocked the blocks onto the injured. He suffered a severely lacerated right calf, a broken fibula & a broken patella. The injured was air & land evacuated to the U of L hospital.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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