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HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

220030550098 · 02/11/2003 · Cumberland Coal Resources LP

Details

Degree of injury
PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY
Classification
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation
Section foreman, Bullgang foreman, Labor foreman, Leadman, Shift boss
Activity
Hand tools (not powered)
Injury source
BELT CONVEYORS
Nature of injury
AMPUTATION OR ENUCLEATION
Body part
FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost
49
Mine experience
22.46 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Rag Aktiengesellschaft
Operator
Cumberland Coal Resources LP
Mine
3605018

Narrative

TRYING TO CLEAN DRIED AND HARDENED MUCK FROM THE TOP FLAT SURFACE OF THE STANDARD BETWEEN THE ENDS OF A RETURN IDLER WITH A BRUSH ON A FIVE FOOT HANDLE. HIS RIGHT HAND WAS PULLED INTO OR THRU THE BOTTOM ROLLER AND HE BECAME CAUGHT IN IT. HEJERKED HIS HAND OUT AND SUSTAINED AN AMPUTATION OF THE LAST JOINT OF THE RIGHT INDEX FINGER. INJURED IS LEFT HANDED.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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