FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS

Name: FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS at Buchanan Minerals, LLC
Start: 07/13/2019

220192000014 · 07/13/2019 · Buchanan Minerals, LLC

Details

Degree of injury: NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification: FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Accident type: Struck by falling object
Occupation: Longwall operator, Chock operator, Shear operator, Plow operator
Activity: Longwall, Shear, Plow
Injury source: LONGWALL SUPT,JKS & CHOCK
Nature of injury: CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part: HEAD,NEC
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 3 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Coronado Coal LLC
Operator: Buchanan Minerals, LLC
Mine: 4404856

Narrative

The employee was operating the tail side of the shearer when a rock became stuck in the cable tray. The employee removed the rock. When they turned away, another rock struck the employee in the back. They fell and struck their head on unknown part of the shield resulting in a laceration requiring 2 staples to close.

Source

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