HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Ohio County Coal Company
Start: 09/22/2006

220062750072 · 09/22/2006 · Ohio County Coal Company

Details

Degree of injury: NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Struck against stationary object
Occupation: Maintenance man, Mechanic, Repair/Serviceman, Boilermaker, Fueler, Tire tech, Field service tech
Activity: Handling supplies or material
Injury source: MCH PWR TRNSMSN APPR,NEC
Nature of injury: CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part: FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 6 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Peabody Energy Corporation
Operator: Ohio County Coal Company
Mine: 1517587

Narrative

Working on trying to keep water from going into the mine due to a storm. Helping pump water in the pit area when called to go to #1 unit due to a continuous miner being down, took off his extremely wet gloves while traveling into the mine. He hit the antenna switch for the air lock doors that had the end of the wire hooked up ward causing it to cut his middle left finger.

Source

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