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HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

220050340052 · 01/22/2005 · Pine Ridge Coal Company LLC

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Accident type
Struck by flying object
Occupation
Utility man, Errand boy, Service truck operator
Activity
Hand tools (not powered)
Injury source
METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
Nature of injury
CONTUSN,BRUISE,INTAC SKIN
Body part
UPPER ARM/HUMERUS
Days lost
22
Mine experience
0.15 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Peabody Energy Corporation
Operator
Pine Ridge Coal Company LLC
Mine
4607908

Narrative

Employee stated that he and another employee had made a belt conveyor splice in no. 4 belt and were using chisels and hammers to spread the belt clamp apart to release the tension from the belt conveyor, when the belt clamp came loose and struck him in the upper right arm.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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