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FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

220151130025 · 09/26/2014 · Consol Pennsylvania Coal Company LLC

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
SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
Body part
SHOULDERS (COLLARBONE/CLAVICLE/SCAPULA)
Days lost
78
Mine experience
1.08 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
CONSOL Energy Inc
Operator
Consol Pennsylvania Coal Company LLC
Mine
3610045

Narrative

Employee was roof bolting on the continuous miner. While reaching out with his right arm to remove a drill steel from the bolter chuck a piece of rock fell from the mine roof striking him on the upper back and right shoulder. On April 15, 2015 the employee had surgery to repair the bursal sided rotator cuff in his right shoulder.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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