FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL

Name: FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL at Cumberland Coal Resources LP
Start: 11/17/2015

220160390033 · 11/17/2015 · Cumberland Coal Resources LP

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Accident type: Struck by falling object
Occupation: Roof bolter, Rock bolter, Pinner, Mobile roof support operator (MRS)
Activity: Roof bolter, NEC
Injury source: CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury: SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
Body part: KNEE/PATELLA
Days lost: 53
Mine experience: 1.15 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.
Operator: Cumberland Coal Resources LP
Mine: 3605018

Narrative

A piece of rib (12""-6""-4"") fell out and bounced off the ventilation tube and the continuous miner and then struck the injured in his left knee. The injured was bolting on a full face miner. The injured continued to work till going off for surgery on 1/27/2016.

Source

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