FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL

Name: FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL at McElroy Coal Company
Start: 09/10/2015

220152640010 · 09/10/2015 · McElroy Coal Company

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Accident type: Struck by falling object
Occupation: Beltman, Conveyor man, Conveyor belt worker, Mobile bridge carrierman, Feeder operator, Conveyor rider
Activity: Handling supplies or material
Injury source: CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury: SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
Body part: NECK
Days lost: 128
Mine experience: 7 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Robert E Murray
Operator: McElroy Coal Company
Mine: 4601437

Narrative

a fully trained miner was putting fire suppression pipe together at the take up . The employee was bent over facing the rib and a piece of stone 6""x2""x1"" fell from the rib striking him in the neck and shoulder area. The employee never lost consciousness and PPE was not a factor.

Source

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