HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Name: HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) at AMFIRE Mining Company LLC
Start: 02/07/2008

220080450011 · 02/07/2008 · AMFIRE Mining Company LLC

Details

Degree of injury: NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification: HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Accident type: Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation: Electrician, Lineman
Activity: Electrical maintenance
Injury source: CHAIN HOIST, CHAIN BLOCK
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part: FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 3.5 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.
Operator: AMFIRE Mining Company LLC
Mine: 3609246

Narrative

Employee and co-workers were replacing the motor on the clean-up pump. The motor was hanging on a chain hoist. As the motor was turned from from horizontal to vertical, it slid on the chain pinching the finger of the employee between the shaft and the motor base causing a fracture to the finger tip.

Source

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