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MACHINERY

220021790021 · 06/19/2002 · Peabody Midwest Mining, LLC

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
Classification
MACHINERY
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation
Drill helper
Activity
Surface equipment, NEC
Injury source
METAL COVERS & GUARDS
Nature of injury
MULTIPLE INJURIES
Body part
FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost
—
Mine experience
0.86 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Peabody Energy Corporation
Operator
Peabody Midwest Mining, LLC
Mine
1202147

Narrative

EE WAS DRILLING OVERBURDEN WHEN THE DOOR POPPED OPEN. HE REACHED AROUND WITH HIS LEFT HAND TO PULL THE DOOR SHUT. AS HE DID HIS HAND SLIPPED FROM THE HANDLE ALLOWING HIS FINGER TO GET BETWEEN THE LATCH AND THE DOOR FRAME. HE WAS TAKEN TO GIBSON GENERAL EMERGENCY ROOM, X-RAYS INDICATED A FRACTURE OF THE DISTAL BONE OF THE LEFT RING FINGER, WITH A SMALL LACERATION.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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