FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Name: FALL OF ROOF OR BACK at Armstrong Coal Company, Inc.
Start: 08/10/2011

220112450031 · 08/10/2011 · Armstrong Coal Company, 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, NEC
Injury source: CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury: CONTUSN,BRUISE,INTAC SKIN
Body part: BACK (MUSCLES/SPINE/S-CORD/TAILBONE)
Days lost: 105
Mine experience: 0.69 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Armstrong Energy Inc
Operator: Armstrong Coal Company, Inc.
Mine: 1519358

Narrative

Employee was roof bolting in the face of #8 entry on the #1 unit when a piece of rock, measuring approximately 3ft. long by 2ft wide x by 1 inch thick, fell from the mine roof striking his mid to lower back causing his elbow to strike the panic strip on the roof bolter. The became a Lost Time Accident on August 25, 2011.

Source

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