SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Name: SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON at Westmoreland Rosebud Mining LLC
Start: 11/08/2016

220163210013 · 11/08/2016 · Westmoreland Rosebud Mining LLC

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Accident type: Fall to the walkway or working surface
Occupation: Blaster, Shooter, Shotfirer, Explosive worker, Powder gang/monkey
Activity: Handling explosives
Injury source: GROUND
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part: KNEE/PATELLA
Days lost: 95
Mine experience: 4 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Westmoreland Coal Company
Operator: Westmoreland Rosebud Mining LLC
Mine: 2401747

Narrative

Employee was tying in presplit holes on the blast pattern and crossed over a presplit line, miss-judged the hole location and stepped into the hole with left leg. EE was diagnosed with a non-displaced fracture in left knee that required surgery to repair.

Source

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