HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Bell County Coal Corporation
Start: 03/08/2013

220130880008 · 03/08/2013 · Bell County Coal Corporation

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Struck by falling object
Occupation: Roof bolter, Rock bolter, Pinner, Mobile roof support operator (MRS)
Activity: Handling supplies or material
Injury source: CEMENT PROD,CONCRET BLOCK
Nature of injury: SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
Body part: KNEE/PATELLA
Days lost: 40
Mine experience: 0.31 years

Operator

Controller (parent): James River Coal Company
Operator: Bell County Coal Corporation
Mine: 1519318

Narrative

Employee was working on construction of an overcast when part of the wall fell causing the constructed portion of the overcast to fall injuring employees left knee. Employee was diagnosed with a torn meniscus on 3-18-12 and became a lost time accident at that time.

Source

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