HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Pocahontas Coal Company LLC
Start: 04/14/2008

220081120039 · 04/14/2008 · Pocahontas Coal Company LLC

Details

Degree of injury: NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Struck by flying object
Occupation: Electrician, Lineman
Activity: Handling supplies or material
Injury source: METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
Nature of injury: CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part: NOSE/NASAL PASSAGES/SINUS/SMELL
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 0.31 years

Operator

Controller (parent): United Company
Operator: Pocahontas Coal Company LLC
Mine: 4609229

Narrative

Employee was removing a welder ground clamp from a piece of metal by pulling on the cable. The cable caught on a piece of fence and the employee jerked on the cable. The cable came lose and the clamp flew up and struck his nose lacerating it. This required (5) sutures. This is to report medical treatment only.

Source

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