HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Name: HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) at Peabody Midwest Mining, LLC
Start: 03/02/2002

220020670054 · 03/02/2002 · Peabody Midwest Mining, LLC

Details

Degree of injury: NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification: HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Accident type: Struck by... NEC
Occupation: Electrician, Lineman
Activity: Hand tools (not powered)
Injury source: AXE,HAMMER,SLEDGE
Nature of injury: CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part: FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost: —
Mine experience: 5.32 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Peabody Energy Corporation
Operator: Peabody Midwest Mining, LLC
Mine: 1202010

Narrative

EE WAS SPLICING A CABLE AT THE TIME OF THIS INCIDENT. HE WAS USING A HAMMER TYPE CRIMPER AND WHEN HE SWUNG A 3 LB. HAMMER AT THE CRIMPER HE MISSED AND STRUCK HIS THUMB INSTEAD. THIS ACTION SPLIT HIS THUMB OPEN CAUSING A LACERATION THAT REQUIRED STITCHES TO REPAIR.

Source

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