FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Name: FALL OF ROOF OR BACK at Newtown Energy, Inc.
Start: 03/13/2013

Fatal · 220130860002 · 03/13/2013 · Newtown Energy, Inc.

Details

Degree of injury: FATALITY
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, Inserting bolt
Injury source: CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury: MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part: MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 0.73 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Patriot Coal Corporation
Operator: Newtown Energy, Inc.
Mine: 4609258

Narrative

EE was fatally injured while installing a rib bolt in the 8 Right Crosscut on Unit 1 when a slick-n-side formation fell from the mine roof inby the ATRS of the bolt machine, struck the mine floor and protruded into the employees work area. The employee was struck against the back with the rock and caught between the drill pot/mast area of the Fletcher DDR-13 WT he was operating.

Source

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