MACHINERY

Name: MACHINERY at North Fork Coal Corporation
Start: 08/05/2002

220022250036 · 08/05/2002 · North Fork Coal Corporation

Details

Degree of injury: PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY
Classification: MACHINERY
Accident type: Caught in, under or between NEC
Occupation: Roof bolter, Rock bolter, Pinner, Mobile roof support operator (MRS)
Activity: Continuous miner
Injury source: UNDERGRD MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury: AMPUTATION OR ENUCLEATION
Body part: FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost: 89
Mine experience: 1.92 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Cumberland Resources Corporation
Operator: North Fork Coal Corporation
Mine: 1518340

Narrative

EMPLOYEE WAS WATCHING CABLE TO CONTINUOUS MINER WHILE BOTTOM COAL WAS BEING CUT. INJURED PLACED LEFT HAND ON TOP OF BED OF SHUTTLE CAR WHILE HE REACHED DOWN TO MOVE MINER CABLE. MINER BOOM SWU NG OVER CATCHING FINGER BETWEEN BOOM AND SHUTTLECAR FRAME RESULTING IN AMPUTATION OF LEFT MIDDLE FINGER.

Source

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