FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Name: FALL OF ROOF OR BACK at Remington LLC
Start: 08/20/2013

220132410039 · 08/20/2013 · Remington LLC

Details

Degree of injury: NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR 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: Observe operations
Injury source: CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury: CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part: MOUTH/LIP/TEETH/TONGUE/THROAT/TASTE
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 1.92 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Patriot Coal Corporation
Operator: Remington LLC
Mine: 4609230

Narrative

Employee states that he observed another employee standing under a loose rock and alerted him to move. Employee states that he then started looking at the roof where he was standing and he looked up and a small rock dropped from the roof, striking him in the upper lip. Employee received 3 sutures to close the laceration. He returned on the next shift.

Source

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