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FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

220130180023 · 01/14/2013 · Knight Hawk Coal LLC

Details

Degree of injury
NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Accident type
Struck against stationary object
Occupation
Roof bolter, Rock bolter, Pinner, Mobile roof support operator (MRS)
Activity
Escaping a hazard
Injury source
UNDERGRD MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury
CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part
FOREARM/ULNAR/RADIUS
Days lost
0
Mine experience
2 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Arch Coal Inc.; Franklin D. Robertson; James O. Bunn
Operator
Knight Hawk Coal LLC
Mine
1103205

Narrative

Employee was drilling a hole to install a roof bolt, when he saw a rock starting to fall. He turned around hitting his arm on the boom of the roof bolter, causing a 3 in laceration on his right forearm. The cut required stitches.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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