FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Name: FALL OF ROOF OR BACK at Jim Walter Resources Inc
Start: 05/28/2015

220151530019 · 05/28/2015 · 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: Bull gang foreman, Labor foreman, Leadman, Section foreman, Shift boss
Activity: Longwall, Shear, Plow
Injury source: CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury: CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part: HAND (NOT WRIST OR FINGERS)
Days lost: 56
Mine experience: 1.23 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Walter Energy Incorporated
Operator: Jim Walter Resources Inc
Mine: 0101247

Narrative

Employee was blowing up a shield and the tip of the shield was under the previous shield. When the shield tip slid from under the other shield, a rock fell either off the shield or from the top striking employee on the right hand. Employee had surgery on 5/29/15.

Source

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