FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL

Name: FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL at Pine Ridge Coal Company LLC
Start: 11/17/2008

220083330033 · 11/17/2008 · Pine Ridge Coal Company 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: Roof bolter, Rock bolter, Pinner, Mobile roof support operator (MRS)
Activity: Set or remove brattice
Injury source: CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury: CONTUSN,BRUISE,INTAC SKIN
Body part: SHOULDERS (COLLARBONE/CLAVICLE/SCAPULA)
Days lost: 6
Mine experience: 34.29 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Patriot Coal Corporation
Operator: Pine Ridge Coal Company LLC
Mine: 4607908

Narrative

The employee stated that he had walked over between the roof bolting machine and the mine rib and was bending over to pick up the line curtain to hand it to the other roof bolter operator, when a piece of rock fell from between the roof bolt and the rib and struck him on his left shoulder resulting in a contusion.

Source

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