FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Name: FALL OF ROOF OR BACK at Jim Walter Resources Inc
Start: 08/06/2004

220042250058 · 08/06/2004 · Jim Walter Resources Inc

Details

Degree of injury: ACCIDENT ONLY
Classification: FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Accident type: Accident type, without injuries
Occupation: —
Activity: —
Injury source: —
Nature of injury: —
Body part: —
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: — years

Operator

Controller (parent): Walter Energy Incorporated
Operator: Jim Walter Resources Inc
Mine: 0101322

Narrative

CRIBS HAD BEEN BUILT UNDER BROWS AND OVERHANGING ROCK. ROCK MOVEMENT HAD OCCURRED PREVIOUSLY. NEW MOVEMENT CAUSED MORE BREAKS IN RIBS AND GREATER ROOF SPANS. ROOF BECAME UNSTABLE AND WAS BEING SUPPORTED AT TIME OF FALL. ROOF WAS HIGH, 19'-22'.

Source

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