FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Name: FALL OF ROOF OR BACK at RoxCoal, Inc.
Start: 07/30/2018

220182130009 · 07/30/2018 · RoxCoal, Inc.

Details

Degree of injury: DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT
Classification: FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Accident type: Struck by falling object
Occupation: Continuous miner operator, Coal mole operator
Activity: Continuous miner
Injury source: CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part: BACK (MUSCLES/SPINE/S-CORD/TAILBONE)
Days lost: 154
Mine experience: 3.08 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Quintana Capital Group GP Ltd
Operator: RoxCoal, Inc.
Mine: 3608746

Narrative

Miner was standing between roof bolts when a piece of rock (grey shale) fell from between the bolts and contacted the injured miner. The area where the accident occurred was heavily rock dusted which made sight of fracture lines hard to see.

Source

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