MACHINERY

Name: MACHINERY at Southern Ohio Coal Company
Start: 08/23/2001

220012470145 · 08/23/2001 · Southern Ohio Coal Company

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: MACHINERY
Accident type: Fall onto or against objects
Occupation: Longwall operator, Chock operator, Shear operator, Plow operator
Activity: Advance roof support-longwall
Injury source: MINE FLOOR,BOTTOM,FOOTWAL
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part: KNEE/PATELLA
Days lost: 45
Mine experience: 26.96 years

Operator

Controller (parent): CONSOL Energy Inc
Operator: Southern Ohio Coal Company
Mine: 3301172

Narrative

EE WAS PULLING THE SHIELD ON THE C-5 LONGWALL FACE WHEN HE REACHED FOR THE CONTROLS THAT OPERATES THE SHIELD FUNCTIONS, A SHIELD TO SHIELD HIGHTPRESSURE HOSE BURST, SPRAYING EMULSION ON EE. EE SAID THE HOSE DID NOT STRIKE HIM HOWEVER, THE PRESSURE OF THE EMULSION CAUSED HIM TO BE KNOCKED TO FLOOR & HIS LEFT KNEE STRUCK A RELAY BAR THIS RESULTED IN FRACTURE TO LEFT PATELLA

Source

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