FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Name: FALL OF ROOF OR BACK at Paramont Coal Company Virginia, LLC
Start: 07/29/2003

220032190032 · 07/29/2003 · Paramont Coal Company Virginia, LLC

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Accident type: Struck by falling object
Occupation: Roof bolter, Rock bolter, Pinner, Mobile roof support operator (MRS)
Activity: Timbering, Build cribs
Injury source: CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury: MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part: NECK
Days lost: 57
Mine experience: 0.53 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.
Operator: Paramont Coal Company Virginia, LLC
Mine: 4406846

Narrative

THE ALLEGED INJURY WAS TO HAVE OCCURRED WHILE THE EE & HIS HELPER WERE IN THE PROCESS OF INSTALLING TIMBERS & COLLARS. AS THE EE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF SETTING TIMBERS, AN UNDETECTED PIECE OF D RAW ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN PERMANENT SUPPORTS IMPACTING THE EE ON TOP OF HIS HARD HAT. THE ROCK MEASURED 24"" X 17"" X 0-8"" THICK & THE OVERALL HEIGHT OF THE AREA WAS 8'4"" HIGH & EE'S APPROXIMA

Source

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