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HANDLING OF MATERIALS

220001780140 · 06/19/2000 · Premier Elkhorn Coal Company, LLC

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
Carpenter
Activity
Move non-self-propelled equip
Injury source
CHUTE & SLIDE-CONVYR HOPR
Nature of injury
CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part
HAND (NOT WRIST OR FINGERS)
Days lost
—
Mine experience
0.46 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
TECO Energy Inc
Operator
Premier Elkhorn Coal Company, LLC
Mine
1516470

Narrative

EE WAS ASSISTING WITH THE INSTALLATION OF BELT HEAD ON CONSTRUCTION OF THE NO.4 REFUSE BELT. THE BELT HEAD HAD BEEN MOVED INTO PLACE BY A CRANE, BUT HAD TO BE SHIFTED SLIGHTLY TO MOVE INTO COR RECT POSITION. THE EE GOT HIS HAND PINCHED AGAINST AN ADJACENT CHUTE, CAUSING A CUT REQUIRING 3 STITCHES.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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