FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Name: FALL OF ROOF OR BACK at Paramont Coal Company Virginia, LLC
Start: 09/28/2010

220102770012 · 09/28/2010 · Paramont Coal Company Virginia, LLC

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: FOOT(NOT ANKLE/TOE)/TARSUS/METATARSUS
Days lost: 38
Mine experience: 2 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.
Operator: Paramont Coal Company Virginia, LLC
Mine: 4406929

Narrative

Employee was starting to drill with steel in the mine roof when an undetectable piece of draw rock fell measuring 12X8 thick fell vertically with the end striking his right foot behind steel toe. The area employee was bolting in was 6 high. Injury resulted in fracture to the 4th metatarsal on his right foot.

Source

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