FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Name: FALL OF ROOF OR BACK at Gibson County Coal LLC
Start: 10/03/2008

220082880038 · 10/03/2008 · Gibson County Coal LLC

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY 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: Handling supplies or material
Injury source: CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part: LOWER LEG/TIBIA/FIBULA
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 0.69 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Alliance Resource Partners LP
Operator: Gibson County Coal LLC
Mine: 1202215

Narrative

Employee was roof bolting in the face of #7 entry on #2 Unit. He went to the back of the roof bolter to get supplies. As he got to the back of the machine, a piece of roof rock fell from between roof bolts striking him on the right leg causing a fracture.

Source

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