EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE

Name: EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE at Brooks Run Mining Company LLC
Start: 03/07/2008

220080740014 · 03/07/2008 · Brooks Run Mining Company LLC

Details

Degree of injury: NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification: EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Accident type: Struck by flying object
Occupation: Electrician, Lineman
Activity: Machine maintenance
Injury source: METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
Nature of injury: CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part: HEAD,NEC
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 1.19 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.
Operator: Brooks Run Mining Company LLC
Mine: 4609055

Narrative

Employee was assisting in the removal of a planetary assembly from the continuous miner. He was attempting to let pressure off a hydraulic ""grease jack"". He loosened a grease fitting on the jack and it blew off, striking him on the forehead.

Source

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