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MACHINERY

220041800062 · 06/18/2004 · Webster County Coal LLC

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification
MACHINERY
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation
Roof bolter, Rock bolter, Pinner, Mobile roof support operator (MRS)
Activity
Idle
Injury source
UNDERGRD MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury
FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part
LEG, NEC
Days lost
35
Mine experience
0.56 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Alliance Resource Partners LP
Operator
Webster County Coal LLC
Mine
1502132

Narrative

Employee was standing beside the pinner. The pinner was backed up to the last open x cut. As the miner cable was pulled, the employee's foot got caught in a loop of miner cable, pulling his right leg under the pinner causing a fracture to a bone in his lower leg. He started missing work on 6-21-04.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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