FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Name: FALL OF ROOF OR BACK at Dags Branch Coal Co., Inc
Start: 06/17/2004

Fatal · 220041770016 · 06/17/2004 · Dags Branch Coal Co., Inc

Details

Degree of injury: FATALITY
Classification: FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Accident type: Struck by falling object
Occupation: Utility man, Errand boy, Service truck operator
Activity: Continuous miner
Injury source: CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury: CRUSHING
Body part: MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 0.04 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Danny Justice
Operator: Dags Branch Coal Co., Inc
Mine: 1517979

Narrative

A ""HORSE BACK"" (ROOF FAULT) MEASURING 2' X 14' X 38' DISLODGED FROM THE MINE ROOF PULLING 2 ROOF BOLTS FROM THE LAST FULL ROW OF BOLTS, FALLING ON THE VICTIM WHOSE LOCATION WAS NEAR THE 2ND ROW OF BOLTS, CAUSING CRUSHING BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA, RESULTING IN FATAL INJURIES BEING SUSTAINED.

Source

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