STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT

Name: STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT at Blue Creek Mining, LLC
Start: 04/11/2018

220181100002 · 04/11/2018 · Blue Creek Mining, LLC

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
Classification: STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Accident type: Struck against stationary object
Occupation: Examiner, Fire boss, Pre-shift examiner, Mine examiner
Activity: Getting on or off equipment
Injury source: BROKEN ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury: SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
Body part: ANKLE
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 1.48 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Blackhawk Mining LLC
Operator: Blue Creek Mining, LLC
Mine: 4609297

Narrative

Employee stated EE was preparing to make a belt splice on the 3 Mains belt line. EE had finished hooking up the chain ratchets and was going to step down off of the belt. In the process of stepping off of the belt, the employee stepped on a baseball size rock which caused EE to roll EE's ankle.

Source

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