HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Access Coal Company
Start: 07/22/2002

220022040026 · 07/22/2002 · Access Coal Company

Details

Degree of injury: PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Struck against stationary object
Occupation: Drill helper
Activity: Handling explosives
Injury source: EXPLOSIVE-DIR REL TO INJR
Nature of injury: AMPUTATION OR ENUCLEATION
Body part: FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost: 11
Mine experience: 0.63 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Kenneth L Stacy
Operator: Access Coal Company
Mine: 4407023

Narrative

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING LOAD HOLES WITH BULK POWDER. THE LAST HOLE HAD BEEN LOADED AND HE WAS EMPTYING THE CHUTE. HE CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE AUGER INSIDE OF THE CHUTE AS HE WAS EMPTYING IT. AMPUTATION, CUT BOTH INDEX AND MIDLE FINGERS AT MIDDLE JOINTS.

Source

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