FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL

Name: FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL at Hampden Coal, LLC
Start: 05/19/2017

220171460003 · 05/19/2017 · Hampden Coal, LLC

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Accident type: Struck by falling object
Occupation: Bull gang foreman, Labor foreman, Leadman, Section foreman, Shift boss
Activity: Walking, Running
Injury source: CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury: CONTUSN,BRUISE,INTAC SKIN
Body part: BACK (MUSCLES/SPINE/S-CORD/TAILBONE)
Days lost: 3
Mine experience: 1.5 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Blackhawk Mining LLC
Operator: Hampden Coal, LLC
Mine: 4609294

Narrative

Employee stated that as employee was walking to the #2 entry face in the last line of breaks employee stopped in the intersection at SS# 1400 to pick up a pop can. At this time a section of the inby rib sloughed off striking employee's upper back.

Source

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