POWERED HAULAGE

Name: POWERED HAULAGE at Knox Creek Coal Corporation
Start: 01/27/2008

220080320021 · 01/27/2008 · Knox Creek Coal Corporation

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type: Struck by flying object
Occupation: Electrician, Lineman
Activity: Mantrip
Injury source: BROKEN ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury: MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part: CHEST (RIBS/BREAST BONE/CHEST ORGNS)
Days lost: 359
Mine experience: 9.5 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Massey Energy Company
Operator: Knox Creek Coal Corporation
Mine: 4406804

Narrative

Employee was making the fireboss run through the mine, while traveling in the mantrip, he hit a rock that had fallen on the No. 3 Belt. The rock turned into the operator's compartment striking employee in the right side.

Source

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