HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Name: HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) at Eastern Associated Coal LLC
Start: 03/02/2000

220000690022 · 03/02/2000 · Eastern Associated Coal LLC

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Accident type: Caught in, under or between NEC
Occupation: Longwall operator, Chock operator, Shear operator, Plow operator
Activity: Machine maintenance
Injury source: MINE JEEP,KERSEY,JITNEY
Nature of injury: CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part: FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost: 12
Mine experience: 24 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Peabody Energy Corporation
Operator: Eastern Associated Coal LLC
Mine: 4601456

Narrative

EE STATED THAT HE WAS REPLACING THE FRONT PIN IN RAM BY HIMSELF. HE RAISED THE RAME WITH A SLATE BAR, AS HE WAS TRYING TO INSTALL THE FRONT PIN THE RAM SLIPPED OFF THE SLATE BAR SMASHING HIS R IGHT INDEX FINGER. (THROUGH FURTHER INVESTIGATION BY THE SAFETY DEPT. IT WAS FOUND THAT EE USED HIS FINGER TO CHECK FOR PROPER ALIGNMENT BETWEEN THE EYE OF THE JACK AND THE BRACKET.

Source

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