HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Canyon Fuel Company LLC
Start: 08/14/2003

220032310009 · 08/14/2003 · Canyon Fuel Company LLC

Details

Degree of injury: NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation: Continuous miner operator, Coal mole operator
Activity: Machine maintenance
Injury source: CONVEYORS,NEC
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part: FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost: —
Mine experience: 9 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Arch Resources Inc
Operator: Canyon Fuel Company LLC
Mine: 4200089

Narrative

TWO EMPLOYEES WERE PUTTING THE CONVEYOR CHAIN TOGETHER. THEY HAD TO LEFT THE CHAIN BRAKE UP AND OUT OF THE WAY. AS THE BRAKE SWUNG ALL THE WAY OVER, IT CAUGHT HIS MIDDLE AND RING FINGERS BETWE EN THE BRAKE AND CROSS FRAME, FRACTURING BOTH FINGERS AND LACERATING HIS RING FINGER ALSO.

Source

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