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MACHINERY

220052100027 · 07/25/2005 · Webster County Coal LLC

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification
MACHINERY
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation
Roof bolter, Rock bolter, Pinner, Mobile roof support operator (MRS)
Activity
Roof bolter, Tramming
Injury source
MINE FLOOR,BOTTOM,FOOTWAL
Nature of injury
FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part
FOREARM/ULNAR/RADIUS
Days lost
85
Mine experience
0.44 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Alliance Resource Partners LP
Operator
Webster County Coal LLC
Mine
1502132

Narrative

EE WAS ON THE OPPOSITE OF THE OPERATOR SIDE OF A DOUBLE BOOM. THE OPERATOR WAS HAVING TROUBLE ADVANCING THE BOOM DUE TO AN UNEVEN BOTTOM. THE OPERATOR STOPPED THE BOOM AND THE EMPLOYEE STEPPED IN BETWEEN THE WHEELS TO GET SOME NAILS. WHEN THE OPERATOR BACKED UP, HE RAN OVER EMPLOYEE'S FOOT, DISLOCATING HIS ANKLE AND KNOCKED HIM DOWN CAUSING A FRACTURE TO FOREARM.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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