HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Name: HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) at Elk Run Coal Company, LLC
Start: 08/04/2003

220032230047 · 08/04/2003 · Elk Run Coal Company, LLC

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Accident type: Struck by... NEC
Occupation: Mine manager, Mine foreman, Mine owner
Activity: Hand tools (not powered)
Injury source: KNIFE
Nature of injury: CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part: LEG, NEC
Days lost: 7
Mine experience: 0.76 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Massey Energy Company
Operator: Elk Run Coal Company, LLC
Mine: 4607009

Narrative

EE AND A CO-WORKER WERE CUTTING THE END OF A PIECE OF CONVEYOR BELT IN PREPARATION TO MAKE A MECHANICAL SPLICE. HE WAS USING A UTILITY (RAZOR) KNIFE WHEN THE KNIFE SLIPPED, CAUSING HIM TO CUT HIS RIGHT LEG. REQUIRING SUTURES. DEGREE 3 CLASS 10.

Source

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