HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Name: HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) at Elk Run Coal Company, LLC
Start: 09/15/2006

220062690059 · 09/15/2006 · Elk Run Coal Company, LLC

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Accident type: Struck by... NEC
Occupation: Bull gang foreman, Labor foreman, Leadman, Section foreman, Shift boss
Activity: Hand tools (not powered)
Injury source: HAND TOOLS,NONPOWERED,NEC
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part: ARM,NEC
Days lost: 73
Mine experience: 0.15 years

Operator

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

Narrative

Member was in the process of advancing shields, had hooked up 1"" pull chain to drag shield forward, when one of the hooks bent, causing chain to ties and strike him in the right arm and side. He received a compound fracture which required surgery to correct.

Source

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