HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Name: HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) at Old Ben Coal Company
Start: 08/02/2003

220032300107 · 08/02/2003 · Old Ben Coal Company

Details

Degree of injury: NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification: HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Accident type: Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation: Mine manager, Mine foreman, Mine owner
Activity: Machine maintenance
Injury source: AXE,HAMMER,SLEDGE
Nature of injury: CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part: FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost: —
Mine experience: 6.5 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Horizon Natural Resources Incorporated
Operator: Old Ben Coal Company
Mine: 1102408

Narrative

EE WAS ASSISTING A REPAIRMAN IN REMOVING A HINGE PIN BUSHING. HE CAUGHT HIS LEFT THUMB WITH THE SLIDE HAMMER WHILE TRYING TO KEEP THE SLIDE HAMMER CENTERED FOR THE REPAIRMAN. THE INCIDENT CAUS ED A LACERATION TO THE LEFT THUMB THAT REQUIRED SUTURES. HE DID NOT MISS ANY TIME AWAY FROM WORK (HE IS WORKING WITH SUTURES).

Source

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