FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL

Name: FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL at Cedar Lake Mining, Inc.
Start: 12/05/2017

220173400019 · 12/05/2017 · Cedar Lake 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: Front-end loader, Scraper-loader operator, Pan operator, Payloader, Scraper rig operator
Activity: Front-end loader
Injury source: CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part: HAND (NOT WRIST OR FINGERS)
Days lost: 124
Mine experience: 16.6 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Freddy Hunt; Michael T Costello
Operator: Cedar Lake Mining, Inc.
Mine: 0100347

Narrative

Employee was operating front-end loader in coal pit area when a rock became dislodged from the high wall and fell. The rock came through the right-hand door glass and struck the employee on the right hand. The results of the fall were the employee has 2 broken bones and a laceration on the palm of right hand.

Source

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