FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Name: FALL OF ROOF OR BACK at Knight Hawk Coal, LLC
Start: 10/01/2019

220192770002 · 10/01/2019 · Knight Hawk Coal, LLC

Details

Degree of injury: PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY
Classification: FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Accident type: Struck by falling object
Occupation: Bull gang foreman, Labor foreman, Leadman, Section foreman, Shift boss
Activity: Handling supplies or material
Injury source: CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury: AMPUTATION OR ENUCLEATION
Body part: ARM,NEC
Days lost: 780
Mine experience: 12 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Arch Coal Inc.; Franklin D. Robertson; James O. Bunn
Operator: Knight Hawk Coal, LLC
Mine: 1103147

Narrative

I.E. was working on moving up sights for the next cut. As EE moved the line curtain away for EE's laser to advance up toward the face, a rock fell out between the bolts and drove EE to the ground. Rock measured 85""Lx53""wx12-14""th. Evident injuries to right arm and right leg.

Source

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