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MACHINERY

220020560006 · 02/13/2002 · White Buck Coal Company

Details

Degree of injury
NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification
MACHINERY
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation
Electrician, Lineman
Activity
Move power cable
Injury source
UNDERGRD MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury
FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part
TOE(S)/PHALANGES
Days lost
—
Mine experience
5.13 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Massey Energy Company
Operator
White Buck Coal Company
Mine
4608365

Narrative

THE MINER CABLE AND WATERLINE WERE LOOPED ON RT.SIDE OF NO.3 ENTRY. EE SAW THE BOLTER WAS ABOUT TO GET ON THE CABLE. HE STEPPED UP TO MOVE THE CABLE AND HIS LIGHT CORD CAUGHT ON THE SIDE OF THE BOLTER. THIS TWISTED HIS BODY AND CAUSED HISLT. FOOT TO STEP IN FRONT OF THE TIRE. THE TIRE RAN OVER THE EDGE OF HIS LT. FOOT CAUSING A CHIPPED BONE AT END OF HIS LITTLE TOE.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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