FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Name: FALL OF ROOF OR BACK at Brooks Run South Mining, LLC
Start: 04/16/2008

220081150049 · 04/16/2008 · Brooks Run South Mining, 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: Roof bolter, Drilling
Injury source: CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury: CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part: LOWER LEG/TIBIA/FIBULA
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 1.52 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.
Operator: Brooks Run South Mining, LLC
Mine: 4608730

Narrative

The injured was bolting top when he moved the head of the bolter to put up an inside bolt. As he was drilling the hole a sliver of rock fell behind him and cut through his leather boot into the flesh above his right ankle resulting in a laceration requiring sutures to close.

Source

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