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HANDLING OF MATERIALS

220122900005 · 10/09/2012 · Gateway Eagle Coal Company, LLC

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type
Struck by falling object
Occupation
Bull gang foreman, Labor foreman, Leadman, Section foreman, Shift boss
Activity
Handling supplies or material
Injury source
BROKEN ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury
FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part
MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Days lost
179
Mine experience
0.23 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Patriot Coal Corporation
Operator
Gateway Eagle Coal Company, LLC
Mine
4601537

Narrative

EE was performing checks on the dust sampling device being worn by the miner operator. When he walked by the turn table of the machine a rock meas. 74"" x 39"" x 8"" thick fell and struck EE on the left side of his body, resulting in a chipped distal femur, fractured knee, tibia, fibula and multiple lacerations to the face and head.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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