Fatality · MSHA Record #219840620041
Roof Bolter
February 27, 1984
at 2:20 PM
Operator:
Valley Camp Coal Company
(Quaker State Corp)
Kanawha County, WV
Classification
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Type
Struck by falling object
Investigator narrative
EMPLOYEE WAS WAITING FOR BOLTER ATRS TO BE SET UP. AS THE ROOF BOLTER ATRS WAS BEING ADVANCED BY I.NAME, LOOSE ROCK BECAME DISLODGED FROM THE RIB OR BETWEEN BOLTS - CRUSHING THE VICTIM TO THE MINE FLOOR
Record details
- Activity at time of incident
- Observe Operations
- Subunit / location
- UNDERGROUND
- Underground location
- FACE
- 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
- 10 years
- Experience at this mine
- 4 years
- Experience in this job
- 2 years
- Degree of injury
- FATALITY
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Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 219840620041 · Mine ID 4603307
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