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SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

220140520002 · 02/19/2014 · Sidney Coal Company LLC

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Accident type
Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms
Occupation
Steel worker, Iron metal worker, Iron worker
Activity
Welding or cutting
Injury source
GROUND
Nature of injury
FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part
MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Days lost
342
Mine experience
0.12 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.
Operator
Sidney Coal Company LLC
Mine
1509724

Narrative

EE was welding angle braces to the load out conveyor truss due to structural deficiencies. He was working from a temporary platform. EE was wearing a harness & had 2 lanyards attached to the structure. For an unknown reason, he unharnessed the lanyard from his harness & slipped from the platform & fell approx. 25' to the ground below fracturing his leg, pelvis & a vertebrae.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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