FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Name: FALL OF ROOF OR BACK at Peabody Midwest Mining, LLC
Start: 12/08/2011

220113460035 · 12/08/2011 · Peabody Midwest Mining, LLC

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
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: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part: MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Days lost: 109
Mine experience: 1.79 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Peabody Energy Corporation
Operator: Peabody Midwest Mining, LLC
Mine: 1202295

Narrative

The employee was operating the continuous miner loading a coal hauler, when the entire roof of the cut fell in. When the rock fell on the continuous miner and coal hauler, a section of the rock deflected off of the coal hauler striking the employee on the left hand. He was diagnosed with a fractured left little finger and right knee cap.

Source

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