FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL

Name: FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL at Gateway Eagle Coal Company, LLC
Start: 08/05/2014

220142300050 · 08/05/2014 · Gateway Eagle Coal Company, LLC

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Accident type: Struck by rolling or sliding object
Occupation: Laborer, Bull gang, Parts runner, Roustabout, Roof trimmer/scaler
Activity: Roof bolter, Inserting bolt
Injury source: CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part: LEG, NEC
Days lost: 71
Mine experience: 0.12 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Patriot Coal Corporation
Operator: Gateway Eagle Coal Company, LLC
Mine: 4608637

Narrative

Employee stated that he was in the process of installing roof bolts in the top after a belt channel had been cut. He was installing the second row of bolts when a rib/rock rolled out and struck him on the left leg and ankle, resulting in a fracture.

Source

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