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FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

220122980036 · 10/18/2012 · White County Coal, LLC

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Accident type
Struck by falling object
Occupation
Continuous miner operator, Coal mole operator
Activity
Idle
Injury source
CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury
FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part
BACK (MUSCLES/SPINE/S-CORD/TAILBONE)
Days lost
69
Mine experience
6 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Alliance Resource Partners LP
Operator
White County Coal, LLC
Mine
1103058

Narrative

Employee was bent over, waiting on car, when a piece of rock fell out between the roof bolts striking on back. (He sustained fractured vertebrae - no surgery is going to be necessary)

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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