FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Name: FALL OF ROOF OR BACK at Consol Pennsylvania Coal Company
Start: 12/12/2007

220073510033 · 12/12/2007 · Consol Pennsylvania Coal Company

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: Roof bolter, Drilling
Injury source: CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part: FOREARM/ULNAR/RADIUS
Days lost: 77
Mine experience: 1 years

Operator

Controller (parent): CONSOL Energy Inc
Operator: Consol Pennsylvania Coal Company
Mine: 3607416

Narrative

Employee was in the process of placing the tower drill steel into the top steel he was holding with his left hand when a piece of rock 12"" x 12"" x 6"" thick fell from between the roof straps and struck him on the right forearm. Employee sustained a fracture to the right forearm.

Source

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