SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Name: SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON at McCoy Elkhorn Coal Corp.
Start: 04/25/2012

Fatal · 220121530003 · 04/25/2012 · McCoy Elkhorn Coal Corp.

Details

Degree of injury: FATALITY
Classification: SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Accident type: Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms
Occupation: Welder (shop)
Activity: Welding or cutting
Injury source: GROUND
Nature of injury: MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part: MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 0.02 years

Operator

Controller (parent): James River Coal Company
Operator: McCoy Elkhorn Coal Corp.
Mine: 1518747

Narrative

Worker took it on his self to cut belt line down without the use of the equipment that we was using to take it down with. He cut it then started walking away from it as it was falling. Then it caught the catwalk he was on and flipped him over the double hand rail on the catwalk and fell to the ground about 20 ft down.

Source

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