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FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

220063280026 · 11/15/2006 · Hopkins County Coal LLC

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
Roof bolter, Drilling
Injury source
CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury
CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part
HEAD,NEC
Days lost
0
Mine experience
0.19 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Alliance Resource Partners LP
Operator
Hopkins County Coal LLC
Mine
1518826

Narrative

Employee was in the process of drilling a hole to insert a roof bolt in when a piece of draw rock caught on the drill steel and struck the employee above the left eye and in the nose, causing an abrasion on his nose and a laceration above his eye.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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