HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Big Ridge Inc
Start: 01/28/2006

220060330004 · 01/28/2006 · Big Ridge Inc

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation: Bull gang foreman, Labor foreman, Leadman, Section foreman, Shift boss
Activity: Move power cable
Injury source: CONTAINERS,NEC
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part: CHEST (RIBS/BREAST BONE/CHEST ORGNS)
Days lost: 41
Mine experience: 4 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Peabody Energy Corporation
Operator: Big Ridge Inc
Mine: 1103054

Narrative

Employee was turning a large metal cable spool as helpers were loading high voltage cable onto a trailer. The shaft that the spool was turning on was not secured and it came off the A frame holder. The spool struck the victim, knocking him into the A frame and then onto the ground. Suffered a fractured rib.

Source

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