FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Name: FALL OF ROOF OR BACK at AMFIRE Mining Company LLC
Start: 06/25/2010

220101810001 · 06/25/2010 · AMFIRE Mining Company LLC

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Accident type: Struck against stationary object
Occupation: Roof bolter, Rock bolter, Pinner, Mobile roof support operator (MRS)
Activity: Roof bolter, NEC
Injury source: UNDERGRD MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part: FACE, MULTIPLE PARTS
Days lost: 33
Mine experience: 2.44 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.
Operator: AMFIRE Mining Company LLC
Mine: 3608704

Narrative

Injured and co-worker were roof bolting a cut in the #3 entry when a piece of roof rock 39"" long x 4"" to 10"" thick x 0"" to 7"" wide broke out between the ATRS and the Safety Post Jack hitting him on the back of the head pushing him face first into the bolting machine causing facial fractures.

Source

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