FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Name: FALL OF ROOF OR BACK at Jim Walter Resources Inc
Start: 04/21/2014

220141190069 · 04/21/2014 · Jim Walter Resources Inc

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Accident type: Struck by falling object
Occupation: Miner, NEC
Activity: Walking, Running
Injury source: CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part: ANKLE
Days lost: 70
Mine experience: 6.04 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Walter Energy Incorporated
Operator: Jim Walter Resources Inc
Mine: 0101401

Narrative

Employee was operating the shear on the longwall when a rock fell out of the roof on the face side of the shear and bounced off top of the shear, landing on employee's leg and foot causing fracture to ankle.

Source

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