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FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

220200640003 · 02/21/2020 · Paramont Contura, LLC

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
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
LOWER LEG/TIBIA/FIBULA
Days lost
122
Mine experience
0.5 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc
Operator
Paramont Contura, LLC
Mine
4407223

Narrative

Employee was in the process of turning a left hand x-cut on the second lift when a piece of rock slid down out from the flush face, hitting the ground and flipping over striking the employee and knocking EE to the ground. The employee landed on material on the mine floor and sustained a non-displaced fracture in the upper part of the right fibula.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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