HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Highland Mining Company LLC
Start: 07/13/2005

220051990065 · 07/13/2005 · Highland Mining Company LLC

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Caught in, under or between NEC
Occupation: Beltman, Conveyor man, Conveyor belt worker, Mobile bridge carrierman, Feeder operator, Conveyor rider
Activity: Handling supplies or material
Injury source: STEEL RAIL (ALL KINDS)
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part: FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost: 28
Mine experience: 1.58 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Peabody Energy Corporation
Operator: Highland Mining Company LLC
Mine: 1502709

Narrative

EE REPORTED: HE & COWORKER WERE DISSASEMBLING BELT STRUCTURE FROM OLD NO. 3 BELT ENTRY. THE COWORKER HAD REMOVED HIS END. WHEN THE VICTIM WAS ATTEMPTING TO LOOSEN THE OTHER END. COWORKER DROPPED HIS END, STRUCTURE RAIL MOVED SUDDENLY CATCHING VICTIM'S FINGER TIP AGAINST BELT STRUCTURE STAND. EXTENT OF INJURY WAS SIMPLE FRACTURE TO TIP OF RIGHT RING FINGER

Source

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