FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Name: FALL OF ROOF OR BACK at Spartan Mining Company, LLC
Start: 05/26/2016

220161580029 · 05/26/2016 · Spartan Mining 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, Inserting bolt
Injury source: CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury: OTHER INJURY,NEC
Body part: BACK (MUSCLES/SPINE/S-CORD/TAILBONE)
Days lost: 260
Mine experience: 3 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.
Operator: Spartan Mining Company, LLC
Mine: 4608808

Narrative

The injured employee was installing a rib bolt when a piece of draw rock fell from the top hitting EE on upper back and pushed EE to the ground. The employee was taken to the Logan Med Center ER and given a full release to return to work, EE went to Dr on 05-31-2016 and was taken off work for a possible pinched nerve, the employee started missing work on 06-01-2016.

Source

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