FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Name: FALL OF ROOF OR BACK at Elk Run Coal Company Inc
Start: 07/09/2007

220071940043 · 07/09/2007 · Elk Run Coal Company Inc

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: Bar down, Includes scaling
Injury source: CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury: CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part: FOREARM/ULNAR/RADIUS
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 6 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Massey Energy Company
Operator: Elk Run Coal Company Inc
Mine: 4608553

Narrative

Member was in the process of using a slate bar to scale the roof, when as he was pulling a piece of loose roof beside the roof bolter, a piece of top fell and struck his right forearm causing a laceration which needed 12 stitches to close.

Source

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