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FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

220053340034 · 11/19/2005 · Vision Mining, Inc.

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
FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part
FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost
4
Mine experience
0.38 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Chester M Thomas
Operator
Vision Mining, Inc.
Mine
1517044

Narrative

Employee was in the process of drilling a hole and reached back for a section of pinner steel when a piece of rock fell from the mine roof and struck his right middle finger causing immediate swelling and resulting in a fracture of the last segment of bone in finger.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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