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HANDLING OF MATERIALS

220020600021 · 02/16/2002 · Mettiki Coal 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
Longwall operator, Chock operator, Shear operator, Plow operator
Activity
Machine maintenance
Injury source
LONGWALL CONVEYOR
Nature of injury
CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part
FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost
15
Mine experience
6.67 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Alliance Resource Partners LP
Operator
Mettiki Coal LLC
Mine
1800621

Narrative

EE WAS HELPING TO REPAIR LONGWALL FACE CONVEYOR CHAIN WHICH WAS BROKEN. HE WAS PULLING UP SLACK CHAIN & CAUGHT HIS INDEX FINGER ON LEFT HAND BTWN CHAIN & MOTOR FRAME CAUSING INJURY.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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