EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE

Name: EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE at Blue Diamond Coal Company
Start: 05/05/2005

220051860030 · 05/05/2005 · Blue Diamond Coal Company

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Accident type: Struck by... NEC
Occupation: Roof bolter, Rock bolter, Pinner, Mobile roof support operator (MRS)
Activity: Handling supplies or material
Injury source: METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
Nature of injury: CONTUSN,BRUISE,INTAC SKIN
Body part: FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost: 7
Mine experience: 0.04 years

Operator

Controller (parent): James River Coal Company
Operator: Blue Diamond Coal Company
Mine: 1517478

Narrative

In the process of putting a filter on waterline, employee was holding the waterline when another employee hit it with a crib block to knock it on and pressure built up and it blew off and hit thumb.

Source

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