HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Elk Run Coal Company, LLC
Start: 06/11/2006

220061650026 · 06/11/2006 · Elk Run Coal Company, LLC

Details

Degree of injury: NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Caught in, under or between NEC
Occupation: Bull gang foreman, Labor foreman, Leadman, Section foreman, Shift boss
Activity: Machine maintenance
Injury source: BELT CONVEYORS
Nature of injury: CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part: FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 17 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Massey Energy Company
Operator: Elk Run Coal Company, LLC
Mine: 4607009

Narrative

Member had his left hand positioned on the belt rail and was reaching for the sheave rope with his right hand while pulling slack out of the take-up when the rope became hung between top structure and bottom roller. Bottom roller moved causing his middle finger to be pinched between roller bracket & top rollar causing laceration that was sutured.

Source

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