FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Name: FALL OF ROOF OR BACK at Excel Mining
Start: 06/10/2021

220211650103 · 06/10/2021 · Excel Mining

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, Drilling
Injury source: CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury: CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part: FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 1 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Alliance Resource Partners LP
Operator: Excel Mining
Mine: 1519838

Narrative

Employee was beginning to start hole to put the outside bolt up. EE was trying to get the steel started where the top was a little slanted. The starter slipped sideways on the top causing a piece of rock to be dislodged. The rock fell causing a laceration to EE's pinky finger.

Source

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