HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Name: HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) at Marfork Coal Company Inc.
Start: 02/14/2007

220070470056 · 02/14/2007 · Marfork Coal Company Inc.

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Accident type: Struck by falling object
Occupation: Bull gang foreman, Labor foreman, Leadman, Section foreman, Shift boss
Activity: Hand tools (not powered)
Injury source: DRUM,PULY,SHEAVE-NT CONVY
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part: FOOT(NOT ANKLE/TOE)/TARSUS/METATARSUS
Days lost: 43
Mine experience: 5.92 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Massey Energy Company
Operator: Marfork Coal Company Inc.
Mine: 4608492

Narrative

Employee was in the process of lifting the back plate pulley assembly to the take-up unit at 4 head with a 3/4 ton Harrington chain hoist. The hook rigging failed, allowing the assembly to fall on his right foot, causing a fracture of his 7th metatarsal bone.

Source

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