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FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

220052130084 · 07/26/2005 · Premier Elkhorn Coal Company

Details

Degree of injury
PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY
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, NEC
Injury source
CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury
AMPUTATION OR ENUCLEATION
Body part
FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost
0
Mine experience
0.58 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
TECO Energy Inc
Operator
Premier Elkhorn Coal Company
Mine
1518370

Narrative

The employee was starting to drill when a piece of rock fell from the roof, striking the small finger of his left hand, and cutting the tip of it off completely. Per phone call, the original injury did not cut the bone, but the Dr had to amputate just below the fingernail to graft skin around severed part of finger.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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