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HANDLING OF MATERIALS

220081610053 · 05/29/2008 · Highland Mining Company LLC

Details

Degree of injury
NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
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
Machine maintenance
Injury source
METAL COVERS & GUARDS
Nature of injury
CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part
FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost
0
Mine experience
4.56 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Patriot Coal Corporation
Operator
Highland Mining Company LLC
Mine
1502709

Narrative

Reported: He was helping his coworker attempt to unstop the suction on a boom of the flecher roof bolter. He laid his left hand on the short-arm of the bolter, the other hand was pulling off the suction hose from beneath the drill box. The coworker raised the boom, the movement caused the victims finger to be caught between the short-arm and the machine frame, restuling in a cut.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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