HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Coastal Coal Company, LLC
Start: 07/10/2001

220011970155 · 07/10/2001 · Coastal Coal Company, LLC

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Struck by falling object
Occupation: Continuous miner operator, Coal mole operator
Activity: Machine maintenance
Injury source: UNDERGRD MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury: CONTUSN,BRUISE,INTAC SKIN
Body part: LOWER EXTREMITIES, MULTIPLE PARTS
Days lost: —
Mine experience: 0.25 years

Operator

Controller (parent): El Paso Energy Corp
Operator: Coastal Coal Company, LLC
Mine: 4406990

Narrative

EMPLOYEES WERE TRYING TO LOCATE A WATER LEAK ON THE MINER. THEY PULLED THE CENTRAL PIN BETWEEN 2OFF SIDE RUB RAILS & PUSHED THE SHORT RAIL BACK TO GAIN ACCESS TO THE WATER FILTER. REASSEMBLING THE MINER, THEY WERE PUSHING THE METAL COVER IN.WHILE SEATED ON THE MINE FLOOR W/BACKS AGAINST THE RIB & FEET AGAINST THE COVER, THE INJURED PLACED HIS FOOT UNDER THE RAIL & IT FELL ON L FOOT

Source

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