MACHINERY

Name: MACHINERY at Ohio Valley Coal Resources, Inc.
Start: 08/31/2001

220012600127 · 08/31/2001 · Ohio Valley Coal Resources, Inc.

Details

Degree of injury: PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY
Classification: MACHINERY
Accident type: Caught in, under or between NEC
Occupation: Laborer, Blacksmith, Bull gang, Parts runner, Roustabout, Pick-up man, Pitman
Activity: Machine maintenance
Injury source: CHAIN,ROPE,CABLE-NT CONVY
Nature of injury: AMPUTATION OR ENUCLEATION
Body part: LOWER LEG/TIBIA/FIBULA
Days lost: —
Mine experience: 1 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Robert E Murray
Operator: Ohio Valley Coal Resources, Inc.
Mine: 3301159

Narrative

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING BESIDE A PIECE OF WIRE ROPE LYING ON THE GROUND WHICH WAS ATTACHED TO A BELT COUNTER WEIGHT WHICH HAD BEEN RAISED TO AN ELEVATED POSITION AND SECURED. AN0THER CABLE WHICH WAS BEING USED TO PULL THE SLOPE BROKE, AND SUBSEQUENT MOVEMENT CAUSED THE COUNTER WEIGHT TO FALL, PULLING IN THE ATTACHED CABLE WHICH AMPUTATED THE LOWER RIGHT LEG OF VICTIM.

Source

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