FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL

Name: FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL at Peabody Southeast Mining, LLC
Start: 04/21/2020

220201200020 · 04/21/2020 · Peabody Southeast Mining, LLC

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Accident type: Struck by falling object
Occupation: Longwall operator, Chock operator, Shear operator, Plow operator
Activity: Longwall, Shear, Plow
Injury source: CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury: SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
Body part: KNEE/PATELLA
Days lost: 117
Mine experience: 16 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Peabody Energy Corporation
Operator: Peabody Southeast Mining, LLC
Mine: 0102901

Narrative

I.E. was operating the headgate drum of the shearer. They were mining toward the headgate when the face rolled out in front of the shearer. A 2'x2'x2' rock came over the spill tray of the panline and struck the employee in the left shin/knee area.

Source

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