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MACHINERY

220022620006 · 09/12/2002 · Coastal Coal Company, LLC

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification
MACHINERY
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation
Roof bolter, Rock bolter, Pinner, Mobile roof support operator (MRS)
Activity
Set or remove brattice
Injury source
DRILL STEEL (ALL SIZES)
Nature of injury
SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
Body part
UPPER EXTREMITIES, MULTIPLE
Days lost
7
Mine experience
5.25 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
El Paso Energy Corp
Operator
Coastal Coal Company, LLC
Mine
4406807

Narrative

OPERATOR WAS HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE STEEL STOPPING UP WHEN HE DROPPED THE HEAD THE STEEL STAYED IN THE HOLE. HE THEN RAISED THE HEAD BACK UP AND WHEN HE DID AS HE HIT THE ROTATION HE DID NOT REALIZE HIS GLOVE WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE PINNER HEAD & HIS STEEL CAUSING HIS RT ARM AND HAND TO TWIST AROUND STEEL.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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