FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL

Name: FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL at Commonwealth Mining LLC
Start: 10/07/2014

Fatal · 220142900035 · 10/07/2014 · Commonwealth Mining LLC

Details

Degree of injury: FATALITY
Classification: FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Accident type: Struck by falling object
Occupation: Front-end loader, Scraper-loader operator, Pan operator, Payloader, Scraper rig operator
Activity: Crawling, Kneeling
Injury source: CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury: CRUSHING
Body part: MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Days lost: —
Mine experience: 2.6 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Cox Enterprises; L C Management
Operator: Commonwealth Mining LLC
Mine: 3304642

Narrative

Employee apparently entered into highwall miner hole in an attempt to retrieve a cutter chain. While at the chain, the employee was struck by rock from roof.

Source

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