FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Name: FALL OF ROOF OR BACK at White Buck Coal Company
Start: 06/16/2011

220111750001 · 06/16/2011 · White Buck Coal Company

Details

Degree of injury: NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
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, Inserting bolt
Injury source: CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part: FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 2 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.
Operator: White Buck Coal Company
Mine: 4608365

Narrative

employee was setting a rib bolt and a piece of head coal fell and hit him on the right index finger. Employee was transported to Summersville Regional Hospital where x-rays reveled a small hairline fracture to tip or right index finger

Source

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