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HANDLING OF MATERIALS

220000820028 · 03/10/2000 · Independence Coal Company Incorporated

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
Electrician, Lineman
Activity
Timbering, Build cribs
Injury source
CRIBBING
Nature of injury
FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part
FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost
—
Mine experience
4 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Massey Energy Company
Operator
Independence Coal Company Incorporated
Mine
4608513

Narrative

INJURED WAS IN THE PROCESS OF BUILDING CRIBS IN THE TRACK ENTRY 3 BREAKS INBY #6 BELT HEAD. ACO-WORKER THREW A CRIB BLOCK BEFORE INJURED WAS READY AND SMASHED LEFT THUMB BETWEEN TWO CRIB BLOC KS. HIS THUMB WAS SPLINTED AND HE WENT TO HOPSITAL WERE HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A FRACTURE.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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