HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Name: HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) at Southern Ohio Coal Company
Start: 03/19/2001

220010930028 · 03/19/2001 · Southern Ohio Coal Company

Details

Degree of injury: NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification: HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Accident type: Struck by... NEC
Occupation: Trackman, Track worker, Track gang
Activity: Handling timber
Injury source: AXE,HAMMER,SLEDGE
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part: FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost: —
Mine experience: 26.61 years

Operator

Controller (parent): American Electric Power Company Inc
Operator: Southern Ohio Coal Company
Mine: 3301172

Narrative

THE TRACK CREW HAD BEEN INSTRUCTED TO RESET SOME TIMBERS AT THE 6 LEFT SECTION TRACK RUN AROUND. EE WAS HOLDING ONTO ONE TIMBER AS ANOTHER EE ATTEMPTED TO STRIKE IT WITH A TRACK HAMMER TO DISL ODGE IT. THE HAMMER STRUCK EE ON THE TIP OF HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER, FRACTURING IT.

Source

Authoritative: MSHA Open Government Data
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown