FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Name: FALL OF ROOF OR BACK at Paramont Coal Company Virginia, LLC
Start: 08/11/2007

220072290048 · 08/11/2007 · Paramont Coal Company Virginia, 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: Handling coal, Rock, Ore
Injury source: CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury: CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part: HAND (NOT WRIST OR FINGERS)
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 2 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.
Operator: Paramont Coal Company Virginia, LLC
Mine: 4406929

Narrative

The employee alleges that as he was cleaning a piece of rock off the drill canopy another piece of draw rock fell from the roof striking him on top of his left hand. The piece of rock caused a small laceration that required three stitches to close the wound.

Source

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