FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL

Name: FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL at Bell County Coal Corporation
Start: 09/26/2011

220112730015 · 09/26/2011 · Bell County Coal Corporation

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Accident type: Struck by falling object
Occupation: Roof bolter, Rock bolter, Pinner, Mobile roof support operator (MRS)
Activity: Handling supplies or material
Injury source: CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part: MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Days lost: 188
Mine experience: 1.23 years

Operator

Controller (parent): James River Coal Company
Operator: Bell County Coal Corporation
Mine: 1519318

Narrative

EE was helping change a hydraulic hose on the roof bolter when a rib rolled off and struck him in the hip and leg area. EE was treated and the mine and transported to Middlesboro ARH however he was airlifted to the University of Tennessee hospital rather than MARH. He had surgery for a fracture in the hip and he also had a compression fracture of the L2 vertebrae.

Source

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