FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Name: FALL OF ROOF OR BACK at Brooks Run Mining Comp, LLC
Start: 03/02/2013

220130700006 · 03/02/2013 · Brooks Run Mining Comp, 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: Roof bolter, Drilling
Injury source: CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part: FOOT(NOT ANKLE/TOE)/TARSUS/METATARSUS
Days lost: 44
Mine experience: 1 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.
Operator: Brooks Run Mining Comp, LLC
Mine: 4609387

Narrative

The employee was starting to drill the outside bolt hole on his third row of bolts, as the steel started to rotate a piece of rock 30 1/2"" X 14"" X 2"" fell from the top and struck his right foot resulting in a fracture. The employee was wearing all proper and necessary PPE.

Source

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