All MSHA-reportable accidents at The Allen Company, Inc operations in 2009. Fatalities appear first.
The roof bolter failed to install roof bolts properly along with bad ground conditions which contributed to this roof fall. This caused an area 30'X 40' X 12' deep to fall.The roof will have to be repaired or abandoned.
Ee was cleaning floor of screening plant, pushing dust through an open man door that had been opened. A CO-worker ask ee to hand him some screen panels. He walked toward co-worker with the screen panels. He forgot that the man door was open and he fell into the opening to catwalk about 6 ft below injuring his left knee.