FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Name: FALL OF ROOF OR BACK at Mammoth Coal Co.
Start: 12/14/2007

220073520036 · 12/14/2007 · Mammoth Coal Co.

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: Continuous miner operator, Coal mole operator
Activity: Move power cable
Injury source: CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury: CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part: HEAD,NEC
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 0.46 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Massey Energy Company
Operator: Mammoth Coal Co.
Mine: 4609108

Narrative

Employee was helping move cable. When he bent over to pick up the cable, a rock that measured 8"" long, 1.5"" thick and 4"" wide fell from between a row of bolts and struck him on the head behind the left ear causing a laceration.

Source

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