FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Name: FALL OF ROOF OR BACK at Wolf Run Mining LLC
Start: 01/03/2005

220050100003 · 01/03/2005 · Wolf Run Mining 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: Roof bolter, Drilling
Injury source: CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury: CONTUSN,BRUISE,INTAC SKIN
Body part: BACK (MUSCLES/SPINE/S-CORD/TAILBONE)
Days lost: 3
Mine experience: 0.02 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Anker Group Inc
Operator: Wolf Run Mining LLC
Mine: 4604168

Narrative

Injured had positioned bolter boom to drill and had raised up the canopy to access the crill controls when thin head coal(1"") and some roof rock fell on the operator. The rock was 12"" by 12"" by 2"" thick and the head coal was a few very small pieces.

Source

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