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HANDLING OF MATERIALS

220050610042 · 02/21/2005 · Jewett Mine LLC

Details

Degree of injury
NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation
Clerk, Timekeeper, Office worker, Director of sales
Activity
Handling supplies or material
Injury source
METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
Nature of injury
CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part
FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost
0
Mine experience
14.85 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Westmoreland Coal Company
Operator
Jewett Mine LLC
Mine
4103164

Narrative

EE OPENED A GATE & WAS SECURING IT TO A T-POST WITH THE BARBED WIRE PROVIDED ON THE T-POST. AS EE SECURED THE GATE WITH THE WIRE, HIS FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE GATE AND A BARB ON THE WIRE, CUTTING HIS FINGER. THE LACERATION REQUIRED 3 STITCHES. (BARBED WIRE HAS BEEN REMOVED TO PREVENT ANY FURTHER OCCURRENCES.)

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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