FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Name: FALL OF ROOF OR BACK at Blue Creek Mining LLC
Start: 07/13/2019

220192030027 · 07/13/2019 · Blue Creek Mining LLC

Details

Degree of injury: NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
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: CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part: HAND (NOT WRIST OR FINGERS)
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 2.5 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Blackhawk Mining LLC
Operator: Blue Creek Mining LLC
Mine: 4609296

Narrative

Employee stated EE and EE's bolt partner just finished putting up the first row of bolts in the #4 Left entry on the Unit 1 Section. In the process of sitting in the operators compartment of the roof bolting machine a rock which measured 30 x 18 x 2.5 thick fell from the mine roof and struck the employee in the right hand. This caused a laceration and EE received 6 stitches.

Source

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