HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Name: HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) at Peabody Powder River Mining LLC
Start: 04/12/2001

220011080007 · 04/12/2001 · Peabody Powder River Mining LLC

Details

Degree of injury: NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification: HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Accident type: Struck by... NEC
Occupation: Coal sampler
Activity: Hand tools (not powered)
Injury source: AXE,HAMMER,SLEDGE
Nature of injury: MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part: FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost: —
Mine experience: 16.46 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Peabody Energy Corporation
Operator: Peabody Powder River Mining LLC
Mine: 4801353

Narrative

WHILE USING A SLEDGE HAMMER TO STRAIGHTEN AND ALIGN THE HOLES IN A CHOCK BLOCK HOLDER, THE SLEDGE HAMMER GLANCED OFF AND THE MOMENTUM CARRIED THE TECHNICIANS HAND INTO THE HOLDER. THIS RESULTE D IN A FRACTURED THUMB AND LACERATED PALM WHICH REQUIRED 5 SUTURES.

Source

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