FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Name: FALL OF ROOF OR BACK at Excel Mining
Start: 06/22/2023

220231840008 · 06/22/2023 · Excel Mining

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: Roof bolter, NEC
Injury source: CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part: FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost: 68
Mine experience: 0.46 years

Operator

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

Narrative

Employee was cleaning off the garbage off of the rear of the roof bolter. A piece of rock fell from the mine roof and contacted their middle finger on the left hand. This resulted in a fracture to the end of the finger.

Source

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