FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Name: FALL OF ROOF OR BACK at Jim Walter Resources Inc
Start: 02/14/2015

220150510022 · 02/14/2015 · 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: Continuous miner operator, Coal mole operator
Activity: Observe operations
Injury source: CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part: MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
Days lost: 122
Mine experience: 12.9 years

Operator

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

Narrative

Employee was operating a continuous miner on 3 section and was cutting #2 entry, standing at the back of the miner loading a shuttle car when a rock fell out of the top from between the row of pins striking him on the head and shoulders causing fracture to collar bone and broken teeth.

Source

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