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MACHINERY

220051150072 · 04/20/2005 · Pine Ridge Coal Company LLC

Details

Degree of injury
PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY
Classification
MACHINERY
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation
Discontinued 1/31/2014. Several other codes cover Scoop Car Operator
Activity
Move power cable
Injury source
UNDERGRD MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury
AMPUTATION OR ENUCLEATION
Body part
FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost
157
Mine experience
12.1 years

Operator

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

Narrative

EE WAS HELPING ON THE CONTINUOUS MINER AND AS HE ATTEMPTED TO HOOK THE CABLE ROPE ONTO THE CABLE POST/HOOK, HE PLACED HIS RIGHT HAND BETWEEN THE STOP BLOCK OF THE MINER HEAD AND THE PAN OF THE MINER. AT THE SAME TIME THE MINER OPERATOR LOWERED THE MINER HEAD, RESULTING IN EE'S RIGHT LITTLE FINGER BEING CAUGHT BETWEEN THE STOP BLOCK AND THE PAN OF THE MINER.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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