FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Name: FALL OF ROOF OR BACK at AMFIRE Mining Company, LLC
Start: 08/27/2014

220142450042 · 08/27/2014 · AMFIRE Mining Company, LLC

Details

Degree of injury: NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification: FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Accident type: Struck by falling object
Occupation: Roof bolter, Rock bolter, Pinner, Mobile roof support operator (MRS)
Activity: Roof bolter, Drilling
Injury source: CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury: CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part: FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 0.46 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.
Operator: AMFIRE Mining Company, LLC
Mine: 3609342

Narrative

After roof bolting machine was pulled up to install next row of bolts & after ATRS was set, IE swung his head out & placed drill steel into head in preparation to drill outside hole, when a piece of roof rock(18""x12""x1""-2"" thick) fell striking canopy then striking his left hand causing laceration.

Source

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