FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL

Name: FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL at IGWT Mining, Inc.
Start: 12/02/2014

220143430003 · 12/02/2014 · IGWT Mining, Inc.

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Accident type: Struck by falling object
Occupation: Bulldozer operator, Universal operator, Heavy equipment operator, Operating engineer
Activity: Machine maintenance
Injury source: CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part: TRUNK, MULTIPLE PARTS
Days lost: 8
Mine experience: 0.46 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Mike London
Operator: IGWT Mining, Inc.
Mine: 0504989

Narrative

EE was operating backhoe & stopped to grease machine. He placed bucket next to 15' highwall to grease. He said he was struck w/rock from HW on shoulder. MSHA rules & company site specific rules were not followed pertaining to highwalls. Training had included discussion of HW safety. Miner was never observed greasing machine next to HW before.

Source

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