FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Name: FALL OF ROOF OR BACK at Sidney Coal Company, LLC
Start: 04/20/2015

220151120007 · 04/20/2015 · Sidney Coal 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: NOSE/NASAL PASSAGES/SINUS/SMELL
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 5 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.
Operator: Sidney Coal Company, LLC
Mine: 1519097

Narrative

While employee was drilling a hole to install a roof bolt, a piece of draw rock became dislodged, rotated down the steel, broke apart and was projected toward employee striking him in the nose, causing a laceration requiring stitches to close.

Source

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