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SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

220003530054 · 11/17/2000 · Coastal Coal-West Virginia Llc

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Accident type
Fall from ladders
Occupation
Transit man, Surveyor/Transit worker
Activity
Handling supplies or material
Injury source
LADDERS,NEC
Nature of injury
FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part
FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost
37
Mine experience
0.03 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
El Paso Energy Corp
Operator
Coastal Coal-West Virginia Llc
Mine
4608751

Narrative

3 FOOT ALUMINUM STEP LADDER WAS BEING USED TO REACH SPAD IN ROOF. LADDER WAS PLACED ON UNEVEN PAVEMENT AND FOLDED. EMPLOYEE GRABBED THE LADDER TO BALANCE HIMSELF. THE LADDER CONTINUED TO FOLD AND THE EMPLOYEE FELL ON TOP OF THE LADDER WITH FINGER IN A PINCH POINT CAUSING CRUSHING INJURY AND DISTAL FRACTURE OF HIS MIDDLE FINGER OF HIS RIGHT HAND.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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