HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at American Energy Corporation
Start: 01/05/2008

220080110030 · 01/05/2008 · American Energy Corporation

Details

Degree of injury: DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Struck by falling object
Occupation: Longwall operator, Chock operator, Shear operator, Plow operator
Activity: Handling timber
Injury source: BLOCKING
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part: HAND (NOT WRIST OR FINGERS)
Days lost: 7
Mine experience: 6.19 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Robert E Murray
Operator: American Energy Corporation
Mine: 3301070

Narrative

Employee was reaching for a crib off a pile and a couple of other cribs fell from this pile stricking the top of his hand. Cause of this injury was safety awareness and this unstable pile of cribs. Compliance with rules/regs was not a factor, protective equip was not a factor, miner proficiency a factor, mining equip/systems not a factor.

Source

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