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FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

220241450038 · 05/10/2024 · 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
LEG, NEC
Days lost
74
Mine experience
1.5 years

Operator

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

Narrative

Employee had swung the pot out to put up a corner bolt in the first cut out of a break. As EE was getting on knees, a piece of rock from the first row of bolts outby the cut from the outside bolt to the rib striking the side of EE's leg and ankle causing a fracture.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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