HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Independence Coal Company Inc
Start: 02/29/2000

220000690053 · 02/29/2000 · Independence Coal Company Inc

Details

Degree of injury: NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation: Supply man, Supply worker, Nipper
Activity: Couple or uncouple mine car
Injury source: MCH PWR TRNSMSN APPR,NEC
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part: ARM,NEC
Days lost: —
Mine experience: 1 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Massey Energy Company
Operator: Independence Coal Company Inc
Mine: 4608492

Narrative

INJURED WAS THROWING THE SWITCH AT #3 HEAD WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURRED. PART OF THE SWITCH DID NOT THROW. INJURED REACHED DOWN TO PULL PART OF THE SWITCH THAT DIDN'T THROW WHEN IT FLEW BACK AND PINNED HIS LEFT THUMB AND INDEX FINGER, BETWEENTHE RAILS. THE SWITCH WAS SPRING LOADED. A CO-WORKER ASSISTED INJURED IN FREEZING HIS HAND. SUFFERED INJURIES TO LEFT THUMB AND INDEX FINGER.

Source

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