HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Thunder Basin Coal Company LLC
Start: 10/04/2019

220192880027 · 10/04/2019 · Thunder Basin Coal Company LLC

Details

Degree of injury: PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Struck by falling object
Occupation: Maintenance man, Mechanic, Repair/Serviceman, Boilermaker, Fueler, Tire tech, Field service tech
Activity: Machine maintenance
Injury source: METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
Nature of injury: AMPUTATION OR ENUCLEATION
Body part: LOWER LEG/TIBIA/FIBULA
Days lost: 129
Mine experience: 3.38 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Arch Resources Inc
Operator: Thunder Basin Coal Company LLC
Mine: 4800977

Narrative

A Technician was in the process of replacing a rear strut on a 798 haul truck. As they removed the lower rear strut pin, the lower section of strut fell. This was caused by an unknown internal failure which allowed the lower section of strut to fall hitting the Technician in the leg.

Source

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