FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Name: FALL OF ROOF OR BACK at McElroy Coal Company
Start: 04/11/2015

220151030029 · 04/11/2015 · McElroy 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: Roof bolter, Drilling
Injury source: CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part: LEG, NEC
Days lost: 33
Mine experience: 0.9 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Robert E Murray
Operator: McElroy Coal Company
Mine: 4601437

Narrative

A fully trained employee was bolting in the #1 entry when the steel got hung up he then started drilling a second hole and a piece of the top (3'x5'x3"") fell out hit the ATRS and bounced off striking the employee in the left arm and leg

Source

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