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MACHINERY

220040890073 · 02/29/2004 · Turris Coal Company

Details

Degree of injury
DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT
Classification
MACHINERY
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation
Quality control technician, Laboratory technician, Laboratory assistant
Activity
Roof bolter, Tramming
Injury source
UNDERGRD MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury
FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part
FOREARM/ULNAR/RADIUS
Days lost
31
Mine experience
15.42 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Horizon Natural Resources Incorporated
Operator
Turris Coal Company
Mine
1102664

Narrative

WHILE REELING UP CABLE AFTER A POWER MOVE THE VICTIM INADVERTANTLY MOVED THE REAR OF THE FLETCH ROOF BOLTER HE WAS OPERATING INTO THE TAIL OF A JOY CONTINUOUS MINER, PINCHING THE FOREARM OF THE OPERATOR. OPERATOR'S ARM WAS POSITIONED AROUND THE CANOPY POST FOR LEVERAGE EXPOSING A PORTION OF HIS ARM TO CONTACT RESULTING IN A LACERATION AND CHIPPING OF THE BONE IN HIS LEFT FOREARM.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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