FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Name: FALL OF ROOF OR BACK at AMFIRE Mining Company LLC
Start: 12/28/2004

220050040011 · 12/28/2004 · AMFIRE Mining Company LLC

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
Classification: FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Accident type: Struck by falling object
Occupation: Shuttle car operator, Mantrip operator, Ramcar operator, Rail runner, Buggy operator
Activity: Handling timber
Injury source: CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part: WRIST
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 0.13 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.
Operator: AMFIRE Mining Company LLC
Mine: 3609127

Narrative

Injured was setting a wooden post (5"" x 6"" x 60"") under a ""C"" channel approximately 40 feet outby the face area. As the employee reached behind the post and started to move it under the channel, a piece of rock 1"" x 6"" x 12"" fell off the top of the ""C"" channel striking the employee on his left wrist.

Source

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