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FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

220091540036 · 05/15/2009 · Elk Run Coal Company, 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
Machine maintenance
Injury source
UNDERGRD MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury
FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part
CHEST (RIBS/BREAST BONE/CHEST ORGNS)
Days lost
0
Mine experience
1 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Massey Energy Company
Operator
Elk Run Coal Company, LLC
Mine
4609163

Narrative

Member bent over helping electrician work on miner when a piece of drawrock struck him in the back shoving him into the frame of the machine. The rock measured appx. 3' x 3' and less than 2"" thick. Member did not cease work. On May 29, 2009 it was learned that he had seen a doctor and diagnosed with a hairline fractures to four ribs. He said he felt fine and refused to be off work.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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