FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Name: FALL OF ROOF OR BACK at Pocahontas Coal Company LLC
Start: 07/23/2007

220072260050 · 07/23/2007 · Pocahontas Coal Company LLC

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
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: SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
Body part: NECK
Days lost: 12
Mine experience: 0.02 years

Operator

Controller (parent): United Company
Operator: Pocahontas Coal Company LLC
Mine: 4608266

Narrative

Injured stated that he was removing draw rock (from roof) with hammer when ""wrong"" rock fell out. Operating roof bolter operator's side waiting for other guy to get finished. EE states that he bent over and the rock fell and hit back of head causing contusions.

Source

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