FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Name: FALL OF ROOF OR BACK at Consolidation Coal Company
Start: 11/09/2011

220113190003 · 11/09/2011 · 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: Machine maintenance
Injury source: CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part: NECK
Days lost: 25
Mine experience: 1.31 years

Operator

Controller (parent): CONSOL Energy Inc
Operator: Consolidation Coal Company
Mine: 4601436

Narrative

He was installing an end bolt off the miner, when he had to stop to fix the suction on the bolter. As he was bent over, a rock fell from the roof and struck him at the base of the neck which resulted in a fracture of the C6 vertebrae process.

Source

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