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POWERED HAULAGE

220002520001 · 08/28/2000 · Webster County Coal LLC

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation
Roof bolter, Rock bolter, Pinner, Mobile roof support operator (MRS)
Activity
Roof bolter, NEC
Injury source
UNDERGRD MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury
CONTUSN,BRUISE,INTAC SKIN
Body part
THIGH/FEMUR
Days lost
3
Mine experience
1.59 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Alliance Resource Partners LP
Operator
Webster County Coal LLC
Mine
1502132

Narrative

AFTER THE SCOOP OPERATOR PLACED A PALLET OF PIN BOARDS ON THE ROOF BOLTER, A MIS-COMMUNICATION OCCURRED BETWEEN THE SCOOP OPERATOR AND THE PIN MAN. THE PIN MAN STEPPED IN TO CUT THE BANDS ON T HE PIN BOARDS AND THE OPERATOR ATTEMPTED TO PUSHTHE BOARDS FORWARD. THE PIN MAN WAS CAUGHT BETWWEN THE PINNER AND SCOOP INJURING HIS RIGHT LEG.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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