FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL

Name: FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL at Canyon Fuel Company LLC
Start: 09/15/2018

220182600040 · 09/15/2018 · Canyon Fuel Company LLC

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Accident type: Struck by rolling or sliding object
Occupation: Longwall operator, Chock operator, Shear operator, Plow operator
Activity: Longwall, Shear, Plow
Injury source: CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part: SHOULDERS (COLLARBONE/CLAVICLE/SCAPULA)
Days lost: 37
Mine experience: 12.69 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Wolverine Fuels LLC
Operator: Canyon Fuel Company LLC
Mine: 4201566

Narrative

After cutting through the headgate, the shearer began heading to tailgate. When the headgate drum was at shield 7, the injured miner stepped from shield 3 to shield 4. The upper part of the face wall came in, filled up the pan and knocked injured against shield leg ram.

Source

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