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FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

220052900030 · 10/07/2005 · Pinnacle Mining Company 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
Idle
Injury source
CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury
CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part
HAND (NOT WRIST OR FINGERS)
Days lost
3
Mine experience
1.71 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Questor Management Company LLC; Benjamin M Statler
Operator
Pinnacle Mining Company LLC
Mine
4601816

Narrative

Injured had just arrived on the section and walked up to the roofbolter and took a sandwich out of his dinner bucket. As he was getting ready to take bite of the sandwich when a rock fell out of the top and lacerated his right hand. The cut required 15 stitches.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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