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HANDLING OF MATERIALS

220013180017 · 11/01/2001 · Aracoma Coal Company, LLC

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation
Apprentice, Trainee
Activity
Move non-self-propelled equip
Injury source
ELECTRICAL APPARATUS,NEC
Nature of injury
CONTUSN,BRUISE,INTAC SKIN
Body part
LEG, NEC
Days lost
17
Mine experience
0.38 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Massey Energy Company
Operator
Aracoma Coal Company, LLC
Mine
4608802

Narrative

EE & CO-WORKER WERE MOVING A NEW CLA TO INSTALL WHEN HE LOST HIS FOOTING & FELL. THE NEW CLA HE WAS ROLLING CAUGHT HIS LEFT LEG BETWEEN THE OLD CLA & THE NEW ONE. HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO LOGAN G ENERAL HOSPITAL WHERE X-RAYS WERE NEGATIVE. EXPECTED RECOVERY TIME IS THREE WEEKS. HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A DEEP CONTUSION TO THE LEFT LEG & RELEASED.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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