HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Name: HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) at Consolidation Coal Company
Start: 10/22/2002

220022960034 · 10/22/2002 · Consolidation Coal Company

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Accident type: Struck by flying object
Occupation: Miner, NEC
Activity: Hand tools (not powered)
Injury source: METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
Nature of injury: CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part: HEAD,NEC
Days lost: 100
Mine experience: 10 years

Operator

Controller (parent): CONSOL Energy Inc
Operator: Consolidation Coal Company
Mine: 4404856

Narrative

EE STRUCK A COUPLING ON AN AIR COMPRESSOR LINE TO TIGHTEN LUGS WITH HAMMER. THE COUPLING BLEW APART, STRIKING EE ON BACK OF HEAD AND THROWING HIM 6 TO 8' IN THE AIR. EE RECEIVED A LACERATION T O THE BACK OF HIS HEAD, REQUIRING STITCHES.

Source

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