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HANDLING OF MATERIALS

220072690023 · 09/21/2007 · Wolf Run Mining LLC

Details

Degree of injury
NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type
Struck by falling object
Occupation
Roof bolter, Rock bolter, Pinner, Mobile roof support operator (MRS)
Activity
Handling timber
Injury source
POST,CAPS,HEADERS,TIMBER
Nature of injury
CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part
NOSE/NASAL PASSAGES/SINUS/SMELL
Days lost
0
Mine experience
0.54 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
International Coal Group Inc (ICG)
Operator
Wolf Run Mining LLC
Mine
4609115

Narrative

Employee was helping unload supplies from a scoop onto a roof bolter. When he placed the oversized plates across the roof bolter they came in contact with long boards already laying on the bolter and one of the boards came in an upward direction and struck the employee on the nose. The wound was closed at the hospital using an adhesive.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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