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FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
220141710051 · 06/06/2014 · Blue Diamond Coal Company
Details
- Degree of injury
- DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- 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
- FRACTURE,CHIP
- Body part
- ANKLE
- Days lost
- 22
- Mine experience
- 5 years
Operator
- Controller (parent)
- James River Coal Company
- Operator
- Blue Diamond Coal Company
- Mine
- 1517497
Narrative
Employee was observing the continuous miner and a piece of draw rock fell and struck the back of his leg and ankle. Fractured ankle.
Source
- Authoritative
- MSHA Open Government Data
- Machine
- JSON-LD · Markdown