FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Name: FALL OF ROOF OR BACK at White Buck Coal Company
Start: 02/07/2006

220060790050 · 02/07/2006 · White Buck Coal Company

Details

Degree of injury: NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR 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: Walking, Running
Injury source: CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury: CONTUSN,BRUISE,INTAC SKIN
Body part: NECK
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 0.08 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Massey Energy Company
Operator: White Buck Coal Company
Mine: 4608365

Narrative

Employee was walking from bolter to find section electrician, approximately 26 feet outby the bolter. A rock fell from the roof striking him on top of the head and giving him a sharp pain in the neck between the #4 & #9 vertebrae. A neck brace was applied.

Source

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