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POWERED HAULAGE

220022100052 · 07/15/2002 · Knox Creek Coal Corporation

Details

Degree of injury
PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation
Supply man, Supply worker, Nipper
Activity
Machine maintenance
Injury source
METAL COVERS & GUARDS
Nature of injury
AMPUTATION OR ENUCLEATION
Body part
FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost
—
Mine experience
2 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Massey Energy Company
Operator
Knox Creek Coal Corporation
Mine
4406804

Narrative

EE WAS CLEANING THE SANDER ON RAIL EQUIPMENT WITH HIS FINGERS.A FELLOW EE ACTIVATED THE SANDER TO CHECK ITS OPERATION, NOT KNOWING THAT THE INJURED EE'S FINGERS WERE IN IT. THE GATE OF THE SAN DER DISCHARGE CLOSED ON HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER, SEVERING THE FINGER TIP.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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