EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE

Name: EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE at Knight Hawk Coal, LLC
Start: 03/16/2006

220060930058 · 03/16/2006 · Knight Hawk Coal, LLC

Details

Degree of injury: NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification: EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Accident type: Struck by flying object
Occupation: Driller, Highwall operator, Highwall drill operator
Activity: Machine maintenance
Injury source: METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
Nature of injury: CONTUSN,BRUISE,INTAC SKIN
Body part: UPPER EXTREMITIES, MULTIPLE
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 1.62 years

Operator

Controller (parent): James O Bunn; Franklin D Robertson
Operator: Knight Hawk Coal, LLC
Mine: 1103143

Narrative

Taking fitting out of tensioner (highwall miner) to bleed off pressure. Crawler was off the ground and tensioner was fully extended with grease. 90 deg. elbow FTG was turned too far & shot out because of pressure, striking right thumb & hand, bruising it severely.

Source

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