Roof Bolter
Employee had finished bolting a section of mine roof at approximately 10:30 am and was preparing to move the roof bolter out of the #1 entry when he was handed a wrench he had requested earlier. He walked up the side of the bolter to place the wrench in his tray when a piece of rock fell without warning, striking him.
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Management oversight of adverse roof conditions was not adequate. A change in mining height created a brow at the location of the fatal accident. Roof bolt spacing was too wide at the area of the brow and adequate supplemental supports were not installed.
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The Approved Roof Control Plan was not complied with in that management failed to evaluate adequately the changing geological conditions and continued mining a 25-foot depth cut.
Findings from MSHA's final investigation report, which supersedes the preliminary narrative above.
- Activity at time of incident
- Roof Bolter, Nec
- Subunit / location
- UNDERGROUND
- Underground location
- FACE
- Mining method
- Continuous Mining
- Accident type
- Struck by falling object
- Source of injury
- CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
- Nature of injury
- MULTIPLE INJURIES
- Body part affected
- MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
- Total mining experience
- 31 years
- Experience at this mine
- 9 years
- Experience in this job
- 28 years
- Degree of injury
- FATALITY
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