FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Name: FALL OF ROOF OR BACK at Buchanan Minerals, LLC
Start: 08/09/2023

220232260006 · 08/09/2023 · Buchanan Minerals, LLC

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, Inserting bolt
Injury source: CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury: CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part: FOREARM/ULNAR/RADIUS
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 2 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Coronado Coal LLC
Operator: Buchanan Minerals, LLC
Mine: 4404856

Narrative

The employee was in the process of drilling a test hole and as EE was adding EE's pusher steel a piece of rock fell from the mine roof and struck EE on the left forearm causing a laceration that took 3 sutures to close

Source

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