POWERED HAULAGE

Name: POWERED HAULAGE at Old Ben Coal Company
Start: 06/22/2004

220041960027 · 06/22/2004 · Old Ben Coal Company

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type: Struck against stationary object
Occupation: Examiner, Fire boss, Pre-shift examiner, Mine examiner
Activity: Mantrip
Injury source: METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
Nature of injury: CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part: HEAD,NEC
Days lost: 67
Mine experience: 27.52 years

Operator

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

Narrative

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING AN OPEN DIESEL PERSONNEL CARRIER. HE WAS TRAVELING ALONG THE UNIT 1 TRAVEL WAY. THE BELT CREW WAS PULLING THE UNIT 1 BELT TOGETHER. THE BELT WAS BEING PULLED W/A DIESEL SCOOP ATTACHED BY A WIRE ROPE. THE DIESEL SCOOP PULLED ACROSS THE TRAVEL WAY AND EMPLOYEE RAN INTO THE CABLE. THE INCIDENT CAUSED A LACERATION TO HIS FOREHEAD REQUIRING STITCHES.

Source

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