FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Name: FALL OF ROOF OR BACK at Paramont Coal Company Virginia LLC
Start: 10/02/2012

220122860025 · 10/02/2012 · Paramont Coal Company Virginia LLC

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: Observe operations
Injury source: CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury: CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part: WRIST
Days lost: 31
Mine experience: 6 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.
Operator: Paramont Coal Company Virginia LLC
Mine: 4407123

Narrative

They had installed 2 rows of bolts and the employee was letting another employee put up a cable bolt. He was kneeled down when an undetected piece of draw rock fell striking him on the right wrist causing a laceration resulting in 10 stitches.

Source

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