FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL

Name: FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL at Iron Cumberland LLC
Start: 02/11/2019

220190430020 · 02/11/2019 · Iron Cumberland LLC

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: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part: BACK (MUSCLES/SPINE/S-CORD/TAILBONE)
Days lost: 83
Mine experience: 1 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc
Operator: Iron Cumberland LLC
Mine: 3605018

Narrative

EE was bolting alongside the miner. The EE was bent over putting a roof plate on an 8' roof bolt when a piece of coal (2' by 2' by 3') fell out of the rib and struck the employee in the back, shoulder and neck. EE suffered a hairline fracture of the T1 vertebrae.

Source

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