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HANDLING OF MATERIALS

220081150031 · 04/17/2008 · Peabody Twentymile Mining LLC

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type
Struck by... NEC
Occupation
Underground transportation trainee
Activity
Machine maintenance
Injury source
DRILL STEEL (ALL SIZES)
Nature of injury
CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part
HEAD,NEC
Days lost
9
Mine experience
0.15 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Peabody Energy Corporation
Operator
Peabody Twentymile Mining LLC
Mine
0503836

Narrative

Employee states while in the process of removing a plugged, bent drill steel, the drill steel spun around and hit him in the head causing a laceration just above the left eye and angling upward toward his head. The laceration required 25 stitches.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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