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MACHINERY

220002270049 · 08/03/2000 · Cannelton Industries Inc

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification
MACHINERY
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation
Continuous miner operator, Coal mole operator
Activity
Handling supplies or material
Injury source
UNDERGRD MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury
FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part
CHEST (RIBS/BREAST BONE/CHEST ORGNS)
Days lost
50
Mine experience
8 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Horizon Natural Resources Incorporated
Operator
Cannelton Industries Inc
Mine
4608159

Narrative

ACCORDING TO WITNESSES, THE MINER HAD STOPPED ON A GRADE ON SOFT BOTTOM. EE WAS PUTTING A ROPE OF CABLE SLACK ON THE BOOM WHEN THE MINER SLID SIDEWAYS PINCHING THE EE AGAINST THE RIB WITH THE BOOM.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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