← MSHA accidents

MACHINERY

220060470060 · 02/07/2006 · 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
Rock duster
Activity
Rock dust machine
Injury source
UNDERGRD MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury
FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part
HIPS (PELVIS/ORGANS/KIDNEYS/BUTTOCKS)
Days lost
98
Mine experience
6.58 years

Operator

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

Narrative

Employee was rock dusting #1 unit. As another employee backed the MSA duster through a curtain, an inoperative scoop was parked on the other side. The employee yelled to the operator and when the duster stopped it caught him between the batteries of a scoop and the duster causing a hairline fracture to his pelvic bone.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
JSON-LD · Markdown