HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at RoxCoal, Inc.
Start: 02/15/2018

220180580004 · 02/15/2018 · RoxCoal, Inc.

Details

Degree of injury: NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Struck by... NEC
Occupation: Roof bolter, Rock bolter, Pinner, Mobile roof support operator (MRS)
Activity: Roof bolter, NEC
Injury source: DRILL STEEL (ALL SIZES)
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part: NOSE/NASAL PASSAGES/SINUS/SMELL
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 0.62 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Quintana Capital Group GP Ltd
Operator: RoxCoal, Inc.
Mine: 3609666

Narrative

Employee was roof bolting. While retrieving EE's drill steels from the roof, the last 2 steels stuck together. When the employee pulled on them to get them apart, one of the steels came back and struck the employee in the nose, causing a small laceration and fracturing EE's nose.

Source

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