HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Name: HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) at Birch River Energy, LLC
Start: 06/09/2006

220061640024 · 06/09/2006 · Birch River Energy, LLC

Details

Degree of injury: NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification: HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Accident type: Struck by... NEC
Occupation: Assayer, Geologist, Metallurgist, Engineer, Engineer management
Activity: Hand tools (not powered)
Injury source: AXE,HAMMER,SLEDGE
Nature of injury: CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part: MOUTH/LIP/TEETH/TONGUE/THROAT/TASTE
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 0.85 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.
Operator: Birch River Energy, LLC
Mine: 4609036

Narrative

Employee was struck in mouth by a sledge hammer as he was holding a timber which was being installed in a culvert on a new road project. Employee received a laceration to the upper lip which required sutures as a result of the incident.

Source

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