FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Name: FALL OF ROOF OR BACK at AMFIRE Mining Company LLC
Start: 07/10/2012

220122080008 · 07/10/2012 · AMFIRE Mining Company LLC

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, Drilling
Injury source: CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part: FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 4 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.
Operator: AMFIRE Mining Company LLC
Mine: 3608850

Narrative

Employee was drilling roof, 2nd steel in roof had 3rd steel in right hand to get ready to put in roof resting on right leg when a piece of coal came off of canopy & struck employees right middle finger. Note: This is being reported late as report received from Indiana ER did not state that a suture was inserted.

Source

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