FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Name: FALL OF ROOF OR BACK at Armstrong Coal Company, Inc.
Start: 08/12/2013

220132320012 · 08/12/2013 · Armstrong Coal Company, Inc.

Details

Degree of injury: DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT
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: APPAREL,NEC
Nature of injury: CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part: HEAD,NEC
Days lost: 5
Mine experience: 0.23 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Armstrong Energy Inc
Operator: Armstrong Coal Company, Inc.
Mine: 1519669

Narrative

Employee was roof bolting in the face area of 9 entry. As he was removing his drill steels from the roof bolt hole a piece of rock fell from the mine roof striking his hard hat causing the hard hat to cut the back of his head. He received three (3) small staples to the head. This did not become a Lost Time Accident until August 15, 2013.

Source

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