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MACHINERY

220081330002 · 05/08/2008 · Premier Elkhorn Coal Company

Details

Degree of injury
NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification
MACHINERY
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation
Roof bolter, Rock bolter, Pinner, Mobile roof support operator (MRS)
Activity
Roof bolter, Tramming
Injury source
UNDERGRD MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury
CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part
FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost
0
Mine experience
0.6 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
TECO Energy Inc
Operator
Premier Elkhorn Coal Company
Mine
1518233

Narrative

Employee was in the operator's deck backing the Fletcher Roof Bolter out of the #8 heading, when he got his Left ring finger caught between a trailing cable and the frame of the roof bolter, causing a laceration that required stitches.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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