SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Name: SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON at Knight Hawk Coal, LLC
Start: 10/01/2018

220212700030 · 10/01/2018 · Knight Hawk Coal, LLC

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Accident type: Fall onto or against objects
Occupation: Roof bolter, Rock bolter, Pinner, Mobile roof support operator (MRS)
Activity: Escaping a hazard
Injury source: UNDERGRD MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury: SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
Body part: BACK (MUSCLES/SPINE/S-CORD/TAILBONE)
Days lost: 129
Mine experience: 7 years

Operator

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

Narrative

I.E. was bolting when a piece of shale fell from the roof. The I.E. saw it coming and twisted to get away from the rock. While twisting to get away they fell into the side of the bolter and felt a pop in their lower back. Comp deemed this injury as pre-existing, reporting due to lack of evidence to support.

Source

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