FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Name: FALL OF ROOF OR BACK at Gibson County Coal LLC
Start: 01/08/2014

220140230019 · 01/08/2014 · Gibson County Coal 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: Roof bolter, Drilling
Injury source: CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury: CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part: FOREARM/ULNAR/RADIUS
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 1.54 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Alliance Resource Partners LP
Operator: Gibson County Coal LLC
Mine: 1202215

Narrative

The employee was raising his pinner steel to the roof to start drilling his hole. When the steel contacted the mine roof it caused a small piece of draw rock to break loose, contacting the employee's left arm. 5 sutures were required to close the laceration.

Source

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