FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL

Name: FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL at Paramont Coal Company Virginia, LLC
Start: 09/14/2007

220072610058 · 09/14/2007 · Paramont Coal Company Virginia, LLC

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Accident type: Struck by falling object
Occupation: Bull gang foreman, Labor foreman, Leadman, Section foreman, Shift boss
Activity: Inspect equipment or mine
Injury source: CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury: CONTUSN,BRUISE,INTAC SKIN
Body part: MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Days lost: 3
Mine experience: 4.77 years

Operator

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

Narrative

The injured employee stepped up to the miner to check the pressures on the mobile roof supports when an undetectable rib and brow fell striking the employee on his back and his legs riding him to the mine floor. The rock brow measured 7.5' long x 14"" wide x 0-16"" thick.

Source

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