FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL

Name: FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL at Canyon Fuel Company LLC
Start: 07/13/2012

220121980033 · 07/13/2012 · Canyon Fuel Company LLC

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
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: CHEST (RIBS/BREAST BONE/CHEST ORGNS)
Days lost: 16
Mine experience: 5 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Arch Resources Inc
Operator: Canyon Fuel Company LLC
Mine: 4201566

Narrative

Operator was cutting a crosscut. As mining advanced, operator stepped away from rib mesh to look at cutting. At this point a rib fell and knocked operator to the ground. Operator received two broken ribs, cuts to the face, and a pulled shoulder.

Source

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