HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Name: HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) at Peabody Midwest Mining, LLC
Start: 07/08/2004

220041970003 · 07/08/2004 · Peabody Midwest Mining, LLC

Details

Degree of injury: NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification: HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Accident type: Struck by... NEC
Occupation: Maintenance man, Mechanic, Repair/Serviceman, Boilermaker, Fueler, Tire tech, Field service tech
Activity: Hand tools (not powered)
Injury source: METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
Nature of injury: CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part: LEG, NEC
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 1.48 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Peabody Energy Corporation
Operator: Peabody Midwest Mining, LLC
Mine: 1202147

Narrative

He cut out the flange on the tooth, took a 10lb. sledge hammer and struck the top back edge of the tooth to knock it off of the shank. As he did a piece mesuring 1.5 cm X .8 cm entered his upper leg. He was taken to Gibson General E.R. were it was surgically removed. It took 6 stitches to close the incision. He was released to return to work on his next scheduled shift.

Source

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