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HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

220070080020 · 01/03/2007 · Jewett Mine LLC

Details

Degree of injury
NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Accident type
Struck by... NEC
Occupation
Rotary bucket excavator operator
Activity
Hand tools (not powered)
Injury source
KNIFE
Nature of injury
CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part
THIGH/FEMUR
Days lost
0
Mine experience
21.6 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Westmoreland Coal Company
Operator
Jewett Mine LLC
Mine
4103164

Narrative

Employee was trimming skirt rubber with a utility knife and the knife slipped off the rubber and punctured his right upper leg. He went to a local E.R. and received 3 stitches for the wound.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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