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STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT

220213640017 · 12/22/2021 · Prairie State Generating Company LLC

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification
STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation
Continuous miner operator, Coal mole operator
Activity
Handling supplies or material
Injury source
BROKEN ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury
FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part
FOOT(NOT ANKLE/TOE)/TARSUS/METATARSUS
Days lost
59
Mine experience
4 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Prairie State Energy Campus Management Inc
Operator
Prairie State Generating Company LLC
Mine
1103193

Narrative

Rocks were being removed from the continuous miner. Employee stepped up to remove the pulling rope off the rock that been pulled off machine. As EE stepped up, EE stepped on a rock this rock was sitting on causing the rock to shift and wedge EE's foot resulting in a fracture.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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