FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Name: FALL OF ROOF OR BACK at Kingston Mining, Inc.
Start: 10/11/2010

Fatal · 220102880058 · 10/11/2010 · Kingston Mining, Inc.

Details

Degree of injury: FATALITY
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, NEC
Injury source: CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury: MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part: MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 9.12 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.
Operator: Kingston Mining, Inc.
Mine: 4608625

Narrative

Employee had finished bolting a section of mine roof at approximately 10:30 am and was preparing to move the roof bolter out of the #1 entry when he was handed a wrench he had requested earlier. He walked up the side of the bolter to place the wrench in his tray when a piece of rock fell without warning, striking him.

Source

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