FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Name: FALL OF ROOF OR BACK at Consolidation Coal Company
Start: 04/07/2011

220111050036 · 04/07/2011 · Consolidation Coal Company

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: NECK
Days lost: 61
Mine experience: 7.06 years

Operator

Controller (parent): CONSOL Energy Inc
Operator: Consolidation Coal Company
Mine: 4404856

Narrative

The injured was using a portable Z drill to roof bolt on the face of the 15 Right Longwall Panel, when he started to drill into the mine roof, a piece of rock fell out and struck the injured on top of the head. The injured sustained a fracture of the C1 vertebrae of his neck.

Source

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