FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Name: FALL OF ROOF OR BACK at Elk Run Coal Company, LLC
Start: 09/01/2015

220152450061 · 09/01/2015 · Elk Run 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, Inserting bolt
Injury source: CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury: CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part: FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 3.46 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.
Operator: Elk Run Coal Company, LLC
Mine: 4608384

Narrative

While installing the inside bolt in the first row in the Number 7 entry the employee had set the starter steel and as he was removing his hand a rock fell from the top landing on his hand smashing it in the Drill Pod resulting in a laceration and ten (10) sutures to his right index finger.

Source

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