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HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

220072330036 · 07/24/2007 · Pine Ridge Coal Company LLC

Details

Degree of injury
DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT
Classification
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Accident type
Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects
Occupation
Bull gang foreman, Labor foreman, Leadman, Section foreman, Shift boss
Activity
Hand tools (not powered)
Injury source
AXE,HAMMER,SLEDGE
Nature of injury
SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
Body part
WRIST
Days lost
15
Mine experience
0.23 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Peabody Energy Corporation
Operator
Pine Ridge Coal Company LLC
Mine
4607908

Narrative

EE was hanging fly (back-up) pads in NO. 4 entry. He was driving a nail with his hammer; he felt pain in his right wrist. He did not hit his hand or wrist or strike it against anything but that it just started hurting. His wrist continued to bother him and he was seen by a physician on August 9th and was diagnosed with a sprained right wrist and a cast was applied to immobilize it.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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