FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Name: FALL OF ROOF OR BACK at Eastern Associated Coal LLC
Start: 04/08/2014

220141040052 · 04/08/2014 · Eastern Associated Coal LLC

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Accident type: Fall onto or against objects
Occupation: Roof bolter, Rock bolter, Pinner, Mobile roof support operator (MRS)
Activity: Roof bolter, NEC
Injury source: UNDERGRD MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part: BACK (MUSCLES/SPINE/S-CORD/TAILBONE)
Days lost: 92
Mine experience: 0.54 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Patriot Coal Corporation
Operator: Eastern Associated Coal LLC
Mine: 4601456

Narrative

Injured employee was roof bolting on an overcast ramp when a piece of rock fell from the top and struck the 4-hole strap to be installed causing the injured employee to fall into the roof bolting machine resulting in two fractures to the small bones of a vertebrae.

Source

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