← MSHA accidents

FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

220190770012 · 03/12/2019 · Redhawk Mining, LLC

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Accident type
Struck by falling object
Occupation
Stopping builder, Ventilation man, Mason man, Overcast
Activity
Set or remove brattice
Injury source
CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury
SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
Body part
NECK
Days lost
3
Mine experience
0.6 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Blackhawk Mining LLC
Operator
Redhawk Mining, LLC
Mine
1519834

Narrative

Employee was plastering the return side of a brattice, a piece of drawrock fell striking them in the head. Rock broke into two pieces, measurements - 27"" long x 24"" wide x 5"" thick & 20"" wide x 14"" wide x 3"" thick. Incident occurred along 2nd Northwest Mains between the #2 & #3 entries at spad numbers 5237 & 5250.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
JSON-LD · Markdown