MACHINERY

Name: MACHINERY at Sidney Coal Company, Inc
Start: 09/27/2001

220012780030 · 09/27/2001 · Sidney Coal Company, Inc

Details

Degree of injury: PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY
Classification: MACHINERY
Accident type: Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation: Scoop car/Scooptram operator, Load/Haul/Dump (LHD) operator, Teletram operator
Activity: Roof bolter, Inserting bolt
Injury source: UNDERGRD MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury: AMPUTATION OR ENUCLEATION
Body part: FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost: —
Mine experience: 0.15 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Massey Energy Company
Operator: Sidney Coal Company, Inc
Mine: 1518390

Narrative

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING A ROOF BOLT AND ACCIDENTLY STRUCK THE BOOM LEVER CAUSING IT TO DROP DOWNOFF THE BOLT. HE THOUGHT THE BOLT WAS GOING TO SET UP AND HE USED HIS RIGHT HAND TO MOVE THE BOLT OVER FOR ALIGNMENT. AT THE SAME TIME HE APPLIED UP PRESSURE TO THE DRILL POD AND HIS RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE PLATE AND ROOF. THE TIP OF FINGER BEHIND NAIL WAS SEVERED.

Source

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