FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Name: FALL OF ROOF OR BACK at Prairie State Generating Company LLC
Start: 11/13/2021

220213220010 · 11/13/2021 · Prairie State Generating Company LLC

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Accident type: Struck by falling object
Occupation: Roof bolter, Rock bolter, Pinner, Mobile roof support operator (MRS)
Activity: Handling supplies or material
Injury source: CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury: CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part: EAR(S) EXTERNAL
Days lost: 36
Mine experience: 4 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Prairie State Energy Campus Management Inc
Operator: Prairie State Generating Company LLC
Mine: 1103193

Narrative

Employee was installing hog paneling mesh to the mine roof. Employee was attaching it to the ATRS of the roof bolter when a piece of rock fell out of the mine roof contacting them on the head, lacerating left ear that required stitches and the doctor also took them off work for this injury.

Source

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