FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Name: FALL OF ROOF OR BACK at Long Branch Energy
Start: 02/16/2006

220060550015 · 02/16/2006 · Long Branch Energy

Details

Degree of injury: DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT
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, Inserting bolt
Injury source: CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury: CONCUSSION-BRAIN,CEREBRAL
Body part: BRAIN
Days lost: 57
Mine experience: 5 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Long Branch Energy Corporation
Operator: Long Branch Energy
Mine: 4608637

Narrative

Employee was installing roof bolts when a piece of rock fell out of the top. The rock first struck the canopy of the bolter, then it hit him in the head.

Source

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