STRIKING OR BUMPING

Name: STRIKING OR BUMPING at Jim Walter Resources Inc
Start: 07/29/2014

220142270021 · 07/29/2014 · Jim Walter Resources Inc

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: STRIKING OR BUMPING
Accident type: Struck against stationary object
Occupation: Roof bolter, Rock bolter, Pinner, Mobile roof support operator (MRS)
Activity: Walking, Running
Injury source: UNDERGRD MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury: SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
Body part: NECK
Days lost: 62
Mine experience: 6.08 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Walter Energy Incorporated
Operator: Jim Walter Resources Inc
Mine: 0101247

Narrative

Employee explained that left side drill steel was stopped up and he tried to assist left side pinner. When he entered the area to beat on the steel he went to duck under the light receptacle on the ATRS; he hit his head (hard hat) and it jarred his neck backward. Employee was under supported top at the time. Started losing time on 8/15/2014.

Source

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