FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Name: FALL OF ROOF OR BACK at Brooks Run Mining Company LLC
Start: 01/13/2007

Fatal · 220070220011 · 01/13/2007 · Brooks Run Mining Company LLC

Details

Degree of injury: FATALITY
Classification: FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Accident type: Struck by falling object
Occupation: Roof bolter, Rock bolter, Pinner, Mobile roof support operator (MRS)
Activity: Underground equipment, NEC
Injury source: CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury: CRUSHING
Body part: TRUNK, MULTIPLE PARTS
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 0.62 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.
Operator: Brooks Run Mining Company LLC
Mine: 4609066

Narrative

Two MRS operators were in No. 3 entry approximately 35 feet inby survey station 1037, when a piece of rock approximately 8 feet by 8 feet fell without warning out of the middle of the entry causing fatal crushing injuries to these employees. 3 roof bolts broke.

Source

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