MACHINERY

Name: MACHINERY at Peabody Western Coal Company
Start: 03/24/2014

220140850019 · 03/24/2014 · Peabody Western Coal Company

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: MACHINERY
Accident type: Struck by... NEC
Occupation: Crane operator, Mobile equipment operator (MEO), Dragline operator, Dropball operator, Rigger
Activity: Machine maintenance
Injury source: HOISTING APPARATUS,NEC
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part: LOWER LEG/TIBIA/FIBULA
Days lost: 176
Mine experience: 37.1 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Peabody Energy Corporation
Operator: Peabody Western Coal Company
Mine: 0201195

Narrative

Maintenace was being conducted on a dragline when incident occurred. Hoist rope was being changed out. Winch line was attached to hoist rope to remove it. Winch line got hung up on lug, released and struck worker above left ankle causing a fracture.

Source

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