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HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

220073020080 · 10/22/2007 · Pine Ridge Coal Company LLC

Details

Degree of injury
NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Accident type
Struck by... NEC
Occupation
Utility man, Errand boy, Service truck operator
Activity
Hand tools (not powered)
Injury source
KNIFE
Nature of injury
CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part
FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost
0
Mine experience
2.46 years

Operator

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

Narrative

Employee was trimming a piece of skirt rubber in the feeder breaker on the South section. After cutting the rubber he laid the utility knife to the side with the blade out and pointed up. As he was getting up from a kneeling position, he inadvertently laid his hand down on the knife, resulting in a laceration of the right little finger requiring 3 sutures.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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