FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Name: FALL OF ROOF OR BACK at Mountain Edge Mining Inc
Start: 08/09/2010

220102280029 · 08/09/2010 · Mountain Edge Mining Inc

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK 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: Roof bolter, Drilling
Injury source: CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part: FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost: 3
Mine experience: 0.06 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Douglas M Epling
Operator: Mountain Edge Mining Inc
Mine: 4609150

Narrative

Employee was installing his second section of drill steel in the drill pot when a piece of rock fell from the mine roof. The rock struck his right hand & smashed his right middle finger between the rock and the drill pot of the roof bolter.

Source

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